El Olvido - Oblivion (Heddy Honigmann, 2008)

The latest documentary from Heddy Honigmann (“Forever,“ “Metal and Melancholy,“ “O Amor Natural“) focuses on Peru’s capital city of Lima, revealing its startling contrasts of wealth and poverty, and how many of its poorest citizens have survived decades of economic crisis, terrorism and government violence, denial of workers’ rights, and political corruption. “ This astonishing documentary takes a contemplative look at Peru’s recent political history. Honigmann’s tapestry-in-motion gives a complicated, never-deafening voice to the oppressed while cherishing the importance of even the tiniest action, be it the proper preparation of the national drink (Pisco Sour) or a magic-hour cartwheel through a crosswalk...“