VOICES OF EL ALTO
Finlandia, Sud Africa / 2013 / 49 min / Colour
El Alto, at 4.000 metres in the High Andres of Bolivia, is the setting for a fascinating documentary project. In the market of the city, a StoryTent is installed: a tent with a camera ready at any moment to film the stories, anecdotes, and outbursts of the inhabitants of these places. For the people of El Alto, this installation becomes an extraordinary loudspeaker through which to shout to the world about their difficulties, anxieties, and disappointments, but also a vehicle for exhibiting their surprising and unprecedented talent asstorytellers and impromptu street performers.
Benjamin Oroza
Born in Finland in 1959, Oroza is a documentary filmmaker and composer. In 1991 he won the fi rst prize for cinematography students at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Since 2008, he has directed the StoryTent project, which gave rise to the documentary, Voices of El Alto.
Credits
Language Spanish Subject Benjamin OrozaCinematography Meeri KoutaniemiEditing Menno BoeremaMusic Soy RebeldeProducer Videokuu Oy, Jussi OrozaProduction company Films Transit
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