Mamus
They managed to protect themselves for almost five centuries, until now.
30 mins
A stunning and intimate portrait of the Arhuaco indigenous community in Colombia. In 1990, in a celebrated BBC documentary, the Arhuaco made contact with the outside world to warn industrialized societies of the potentially catastrophic future facing the planet if we don’t change our ways. Now, three decades later, with the advances of audio/visual technology, we go back to the Snowy Peaks of Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria to illuminate their ethos against the backdrop of an increasingly fragile world.
Dwanimaku Chaparro
Self (voice)
Ñankwa Izquierdo
Self (voice)
Dwiawingumu Torres
Self (voice)
Dugunawin Torres
Self (voice)
Dwikarinna Torres
Self (voice)
Dwineywia Torres
Self (voice)
Dugunawi Torres Villafaña
Narrator
Jacques Naudé
Director
Ramón Campos Iriarte
Producer
Arukin Torres Zalabata
Producer
Julia Jansch
Writer
Willy Busfield
Director of Photography
Joseph Jack Simons
Editor
Stephen Barber
Music
Craig S. Ross
Music
Justin Wilkes
Executive Producer
Meredith Kaulfers
Executive Producer
Kathryn Everett
Executive Producer
Gus Wenner
Executive Producer
Alexandra Dale
Executive Producer
Jason Fine
Executive Producer
Ramón Campos Iriarte
Transcriptions
Jacques Naudé
Transcriptions
Ramón Campos Iriarte
Researcher
Jacques Naudé
Camera Operator
Juan Jairo Torres Torres
Camera Production Assistant
Francisco Acosta
Assistant Director
Stephen Ferry
Additional Photography
Francisco Acosta
Sound Recordist