Living Quechua

One Peruvian woman’s mission to revive her indigenous language becomes an inspiration for Quechua speakers, a historically marginalized community in New York City.
Genre : Documentary
Living Quechua

An uplifting journey through a diverse network of Quechua speakers and students in New York City, one Peruvian woman’s mission to revive her indigenous language becomes an inspiration for a historically marginalized community.

Elva Ambía Rebatta's first language is Quechua, but when she left her town in Peru as a young woman to find work in the United States, speaking Spanish and English became critical for her to survive. While Quechua—a language indigenous to South America—continues to be spoken around the world as a result of such migration stories, UNESCO and other initiatives recognize it as an endangered language. Now in her seventies, Elva decides to help cultivate a Quechua-speaking community in New York City. Runasimiwan Kawsay (Living Quechua) follows Elva through the challenges and successes of trying to keep Quechua alive.

El idioma nativo de Elva Ambía Rebatta es el quechua, pero cuando era joven y tuvo que salir de su pueblo en el Perú para buscar trabajo en EEUU, hablar el español y el inglés resultó crítico para sobrevivir. Aunque el quechua—un idioma indígena de sudamérica—aún es hablado alrededor del mundo como resultado de estas historias de migración, la UNESCO y otras iniciativas lo reconocen como un idioma en peligro. Ahora, con más de setenta años, Elva decide cultivar una comunidad quechuahablante en la ciudad de Nueva York. Runasimiwan Kawsay (Viviendo con el quechua) sigue a Elva tras los desafíos y éxitos de intentar mantener el quechua como idioma vivo.

Directors : Christine Mladic Janney
Markets : Documentary
Year Released : 2014
Country : US
Original Language : Quechua/Spanish
Streaming Partner : Alexander Street Press

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Awards

Award of the Festival Director, International Film Festival ETNOFILM Čadca (Slovakia)

Screenings

Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York
Antropofest Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
San Diego Latino Film Festival, San Diego
EthnoCineca Ethnographic and Documentary FilmFest, Vienna
Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington DC
Aboriginal Pavilion of the Pan-American Games, Toronto
Festival Internacional del Cortometraje, Buenos Aires
DOCUPERU Film Festival, Lima
Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival, Göttingen, Germany
International Film Festival ETNOFILM Čadca, Slovakia
Viscult Film Festival of Visual Culture, Joensuu, Finland
Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival, Washington DC
May Sumak: Quichwa Film Showcase, New York
Chicago Latino Film Festival, Chicago
The Americas Film Festival of New York, New York
Balboa Park Centennial Celebration, San Diego
Cine + Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival, San Francisco
International Festival of Ethnological Film, Belgrade
FICWALLMAPU, Festival Internacional de Cine Indígena de Wallmapu, Temuco, Wallmapu
Culture Unplugged Film Festival, online
Cine Kurumin: Indigenous International Film Festival, Salvador, Brasil
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An uplifting journey through a diverse network of Quechua speakers and students in New York City, one Peruvian woman’s mission to revive her indigenous language becomes an inspiration for a historically marginalized community.

Elva Ambía Rebatta's first language is Quechua, but when she left her town in Peru as a young woman to find work in the United States, speaking Spanish and English became critical for her to survive. While Quechua—a language indigenous to South America—continues to be spoken around the world as a result of such migration stories, UNESCO and other initiatives recognize it as an endangered language. Now in her seventies, Elva decides to help cultivate a Quechua-speaking community in New York City. Runasimiwan Kawsay (Living Quechua) follows Elva through the challenges and successes of trying to keep Quechua alive.

El idioma nativo de Elva Ambía Rebatta es el quechua, pero cuando era joven y tuvo que salir de su pueblo en el Perú para buscar trabajo en EEUU, hablar el español y el inglés resultó crítico para sobrevivir. Aunque el quechua—un idioma indígena de sudamérica—aún es hablado alrededor del mundo como resultado de estas historias de migración, la UNESCO y otras iniciativas lo reconocen como un idioma en peligro. Ahora, con más de setenta años, Elva decide cultivar una comunidad quechuahablante en la ciudad de Nueva York. Runasimiwan Kawsay (Viviendo con el quechua) sigue a Elva tras los desafíos y éxitos de intentar mantener el quechua como idioma vivo.

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