About the presenter: Rafael Ramirez Mendoza is a Visiting Assistant Professor for the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, UW-Madison.
About the presentation: I will analyze how the Peruvian film industry has represented indigeneity in the last twenty years, paying special attention to recent fictional feature films made in the Quechua and Aymara languages. Attempting to leave behind both the aesthetic of the so-called “cine regional” and Limeño perspectives about the Andes, these films revisit topics like migration and the negotiation of indigenous heritage, thus renewing the debate regarding the pursuit of cultural authenticity.