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Transnational Fiesta: Twenty Years Later
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Filmmaker Name:
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Wilton Martinez
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Film Length:
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82 min
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Film Year:
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2014
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Duration:
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76-90 min
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Decade:
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2010s
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Secondary Creator:
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produced by Wilton Martinez and Paul H. Gelles
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Language:
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in English and Spanish
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Subtitle Language:
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English subtitles
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Color:
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color
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Closed-captioned:
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closed-captioned
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Region:
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South America
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Immigration is one of the most pressing issues of our day. Yet, little is known about how migrants reproduce their cultures in their host countries, how they impact their homeland, how their children relate to both worlds, and, especially, how transmigrant communities evolve over the years.
Transnational Fiesta: Twenty Years Later explores cultural change and continuity in the indigenous Andean community, Fiesta, and migrant colony first documented in our award-winning film, Transnational Fiesta: 1992. The film follows a migrant family as they travel back and forth between the U.S. and Peru over a period of three years.
The story begins in Maryland, in 2011, when we re-encounter Teodocio Quispe as he and his family prepare to travel to their hometown, Cabanaconde, to celebrate the patron saint fiesta that Teodocio sponsored two decades earlier, in 1991, when Peru was in the midst of a terrible economic and political crisis. That was the first time a migrant family sponsored the Virgin of Carmen fiesta and it transformed what used to be a local, regional event into a truly transnational one. Twenty years later, Peru is experiencing an unprecedented "economic boom" and this time it is Teodocio's son-in-law, Nilo Abril, who would be taking charge as the main sponsor. Before traveling, however, we participate in the impressive diaspora version of the fiesta in the Maryland-Washington D.C. area, which is now celebrated by a vibrant community that has undergone a tenfold increase in number.
We then travel to Cabanaconde and experience the largest, most expensive celebration of the fiesta ever carried out. The film also shows the striking changes taking place in Cabanaconde, the tensions between locals and migrants, and the abiding strength of the patron saint syncretic tradition. In 2012 and 2013, we return to Maryland to follow up with the family and capture the deep significance of the fiesta as a key manifestation of communal solidarity that unites families and communities over time, space, and across generations.
The film shows in vivid detail the remarkable persistence of Andean culture as well as the ruptures imposed by global capitalism, generational differences, and other forces of change. It also depicts the unique ways in which transnational migrants shape and are shaped by our globalized world.
"A landmark exploration of how globalization has changed our world. The best new film about migration, Latin America, and the predicament of globalization I've seen."
-- Orin Starn, Professor of Anthropology, Duke University
Receive a discount when you purchase both Transnational Fiesta: 1992 and Transnational Fiesta: Twenty Years Later on DVD. Please contact us for more information.
SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Best Documentary - Peru, International Euro Film Festival, Spain, 2015
Award of Merit, Int'l Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Comedy, Indonesia, 2014
Gold Award, Documentary and Short Int'l Movie Award Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2014
Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival, Washington D.C., 2014
Extended Screenings History
IX Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental, D.F. México, 2015
Cinesuyu, Cusco, Peru, 2015
Days of Ethnographic Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2015
Viva! Latino Film Festival NYC International, New York, NY, 2015
Georgia Latino Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, 2014
Transnational Fiesta: Twenty Years Later
Written and Directed by
Wilton Martínez
Produced by
Wilton Martínez
Paul H. Gelles
Based on research by
Paul H. Gelles
Cinematography and Editing by
Wilton Martínez
Associate Producers
Centro de Antropología Visual del Perú
Cabanaconde City Colca USA
Production Assistant
Liliana Galván
Featuring
Teodocio Quispe & Julia Salazar
Nilo Abril & Lucy Quispe
Hilda Quispe de Arana
Francisco Quispe
Viviana Vera Parschalk
In Order of Appearance
Braulio Miranda
Yobana Quispe
Javier Arana
Walter Arana
Julia Vera
Cristóbal Vera
Hipólito Quispe
Anamelu Picha
Sandra Bond
Lori López
David Abril
Benigno Ramírez
Rodolfo Gómez
Sonia Quispe
Genovevo Quispe
Jorge Guerra
Susana Valdivia
Elías Abril
Sally Burkholder
Jasmine Soriano
Rod Heskee
Richar Quispe
Carlos Quispe
Christopher Parschalk
Tim & Lourdes Colbert
Claudio Valladares
Yayo López
George Yáñez
Hipólito Miranda
José “Piquichón” Isidro
Cristina Quispe
Diego Arana
Germán Yáñez
Roldano Bernedo
Andrew Quispe
Magda Picha
René Quispe
Kevin Quispe
Emily Abril
Felipa Cuba de Ramírez
Claudia Lastarria
Alejo Kunko
Franklin Benavides
Braulio Ramírez
Brandon López
Adrián Codevilla
José Luis Mendoza
Indira Benavides Heskee
Facundo González
Willy Quispe
Christian Quispe
William Parschalk
Vincent Spadoni
Teresa Aparicio
Alexander Yáñez
Robert Yáñez
Sound recordists
Iván Curioso
Emilio Martínez
George Yañez
Paul Gelles
Still Photography
Iván Curioso
Paul Gelles
Emilio Martínez
Quispe family
Advisory Committee
Teófilo Altamirano
William P. Mitchell
Karsten Paerregaard
Juan Ossio
Live Music by
In Maryland
Banda "Super Sensación del Colca"
Orquesta Musical "Sandunga"
Agrupación Musical "Amistad"
In Cabanaconde
Banda Orquesta "Show Conexión"
Banda "Sur y Carol en tu Corazón"
Music
"Yanahuara"
Interpreted by
Gonzalo Medina Solano
“Elamgina”
Interpreted by
Percy Murguía
"Carnaval de Caylloma"
Interpreted by
Percy Murguía
“Lejos de Ti”
Composed & Interpreted by
Hermanos Amaya
"Desde Tu Separación"
Interpreted by
Rolando Carrasco Segovia
“Aylu Ayllu”
Interpreted by
Percy Murguía
“El Olvido”
Composed & Interpreted by
Edwin Montoya
“Callao, Tierra Añorada”
Composed & Interpreted by
Los Chamas
This film was made possible in part thanks to
the generous support of
Cabanaconde City Colca USA
James Harmon
Tonie "Chuca" Flores
Liliana Galván
Francisco Peña
Special Thanks To
Maria Elena Figueroa
Harry & Gail Gelles
Pedro Martínez Carlevarino
Michael Schaible
David Anderson & Mary Heyden
Ted Cronin
Craig Spjut
Tim & Kath Bakken
Leslie Greenwald
Lyn Humphreys
Nancy Pinto-Orton
Maria Teresa García
Iliana Gelles
Guillermo & Tomaza Mendoza
Celinda Carlevarino de Martínez
Susan Reed
Hubert Vos
Steve Finkel & Lindsey McMorrow
Steven D. Grossman
William P. Mitchell
Pilar Karen Rau
Our Thanks To
Steven Brock
Cary & Tracy Losson
Cindy & Heidi Bowen
Donna Hamilton
Dolores Cross
Claudia Garcia-Des Lauriers
Karen Graubart
Judith Coster
Jessaca Leinaweaver
Fabiana Li
Jennifer Mathews
Lisa Miller
Isidro Miranda
Diane Norcross
Gina Núñez
Karsten Paerregaard
Paul Peterzell
Patricia Poppe
Jonathan Ritter
Frank Salomon
Astrid B. Stensrud
Sergio Vilela
Deborah Wong
Petronio Eyzaguirre
Luigi Utili Martínez
Carrie Furman & Jeffrey Glover
Betsy Cerulo
Mel Currie
Rodolfo Gómez
Richard & Rosa Heyer
Efraín Kristal
Esben Leifsen
Bruce Mannheim
Zoila Mendoza
Hipólito Miranda
Roxana Miranda
Richard Norgaard
John Nygren
Inez Palato
Ramona L. Perez
Richar Quispe
Fredy Roncalla
Rhonda Taube
William Serritslev
Jill Wightman
Patricia Zavella
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