Luis Figueroa Yábar Movies

A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.

Dramatic testimony of Gregorio Condori Mamani, who works as a porter in Cusco, Peru. Despite the huge effort they make everyday for a few coins,...

The We and the I is the heartfelt and comical story of the final bus ride home for a group of young high school students and graduates.

Together with Luis Figueroa, Chambi filmed the constructions of the pre-Inca, Inca and colonial periods coexisting in the architecture of the city of...

The Virgin of Candelaria is associated with Pachamama, or Mother Earth, Lake Titicaca, mines, and lightning. An impressive variety of dances are...

An indigenous tradition in the highlands of Peru where three key players take part: a wild condor, a raging bull and brave young men.

A constant element linked to the bull is water. This animal is said to emerge from the depths of an enchanted lagoon. It is a dangerous, almost...

It is a masterpiece of Cusco's popular creativity, where the saints come to life. The Corpus Christi celebration in June is a solstice festival,...

Kukuli, a young llama herder, leaves her grandparents in the countryside of Cusco to attend the Feast of Mamacha Carmen in the town of Paucartambo.

Every four years, the eight communities gather for the Repaje ceremony at the Markapata church. They are the zealous guardians of the treasure of...

Short film.

Cusco film school.

View of the Sacred Lake of the Incas

Based on the eponymous novel by Ciro Alegría. An indigenous community living their day-to-day and their relationship with nature. They can be...

During the course of our era, a major pre-Hispanic civilization, now called the Moche, developed on the northern coast of Peru, flourishing as the...

Cusco film school.

Reduced cut of the feature film by Luis Figueroa Chiaraje.

Cusco film school.

Short film.

This short documentary, directed by Luis Figueroa, portrays the situation at the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga nine years...