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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE PRESENTS: SOY ANDINA WITH LIVE DANCE
(July 11, 2011, Washington, D.C.) Soy Andina, the award-winning film about Peru, dance and identity, returns to Washington for a screening at National Georgraphic Live, featuring Q & A with director Mitch Teplitsky, and live dance performance by film subject Cynthia Paniagua....
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SOY ANDINA PREMIERES ON LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING'S VOCES SERIES
Premieres Fall 2009 on National Public Television
(Los Angeles, CA) Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) announced today that the new season of their signature series VOCES, a showcase of outstanding documentaries celebrating the rich diversity of Latino life, will be presented on national public television beginning in September 2009, in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month...
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TWO RIVER FILM FESTIVAL AWARD PRESENTED TO SOY ANDINA DIRECTOR MITCH TEPLITSKY
(Feb 15, 2008) Soy Andina Director Mitchell Teplitsky was awarded the 2008 Two River Film Festival Global View Award at the Feb 15, 2008 screening of his film Soy Andina by Prof. Bill Mitchell on behalf of the Two River Film Festival...
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Lucuma Films is based in New York and Lima.
Our New York mailing address is:

MItchell Teplitsky | Lucuma Films
202 West 81st Street, 5C
New York, NY 10024

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PERUVIAN DANCE CLASS

Cynthia Paniagua (New York)

Ballet Folklorico Peru (Paterson

Peru Profundo (Chicago)

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BOOKS

Turn Right at Machu Picchu

The White Rock

American Chica

Faces of Celebration: Photographs of Peru

Shaping Society through Dance

The Guinea Pig: Healing, Food, and Ritual in the Andes

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DOC FILMS

John Cohen

Danzak (Gabriela Yepes)

Cooking up Dreams (Guarango)

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TRAVEL

Fertur Travel Peru

Lima Tours

South American Explorers - Peru

Llamellin

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NEWS (in English)

Peruvian Times

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SHOP

Mayu Hand-knit Alpaca

BarSol Pisco

A film by Mitch Teplitsky

The award-winning documentary about two New York women who journey to Peru to reconnect with roots and dance. Nelida returns to her Andean birthplace to host the the traditional fiesta patronal, while Cynthia embarks on a quest to know the real Peru and "unearth the mystery of the dances."

Highlights
• U.S television broadcast on Latino Public Broadcasting's Voces series
• 80+ screenings at film festivals, universities and other venues worldwide
• U.S. Embassy-sponsored tour of Peru
• Submitted for Emmy for Outstanding Arts & Culture Program

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Watch the film: on DVD, streaming and download-to-own

The dazzling story of two women raised in different worlds - an immigrant folk dancer from the Andes, and a modern dancer from Queens, NY - who return to Peru to reconnect with roots and an astonishing world of traditional dance and celebration.

After 15 years in New York, Nelida Silva returns to her birthplace in the Andes to fulfill a lifelong dream and host the fiesta patronal — an eight day celebration dance, music, and rituals from Incan times. But Neli’s changed, and so has the village. What’s it like to go back to the Andes when you’ve become a New Yorker?

Meanwhile: Cynthia Paniagua, a dancer raised in Queens by a Peruvian mom, embarks on her own Peruvian journey after meeting Neli — determined to “quench a burning desire to know the real Peru, to unearth the mystery of the dances.” Does she find what she’s looking for? Well, you’ll have to see the movie!

Soy Andina is an exuberant cross-cultural road trip, bursting with traditional music and dance rarely seen outside the country. But the core story is intimate and universal: a yearning for roots and connection in turbulent times.

Note:
• Orders can be placed from anywhere in the world
• DVD Includes subtitles in English/Spanish, plus extras
• Study guide available for download here

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• DVD licensed with public performance rights (PPR): $295 ORDER
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PERSONAL/HOME USE
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(una película de Mitchell Teplitsky; Perú USA; 2007; 70 min)

“La película realmente estuvo genial, estupenda!… es motivadora y creo que ha sabido calar en fibras de nuestra identidad”
- Ricardo Virhuez Villafane, periódico La República (Perú)

El premiado documental trata sobre dos mujeres que viven en Nueva York quienes viajan a Perú para reconectarse con sus raíces y la danza.

Nélida, después de 15 años en Nueva York, regresa a su pueblo natal (Llamellín, Ancash) para hacer realidad su sueño de toda la vida: realizar la fiesta patronal de su pueblo.

Mientras tanto Cynthia Paniagua, una bailarina de danza contemporánea criada por su madre peruana en Queens, inicia su viaje a Perú después de conocer a Nélida - decidida a “satisfacer su deseo visceral de conocer el Perú real, a descubrir el misterio de las danzas”.

Lo más destacado

• Transmitido por televisión en EE.UU. por Latino Public Broadcasting serie Voces

• Cerca de 100 presentaciones en festivales de cine, universidades y bibliotecas en varias partes del mundo.

• La Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Perú, financió el tour-presentación de la película en varias ciudades del Perú.

• Presentado por el premio Emmy en la categoría de Arte Relevante & Programa Cultural.

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