After twenty-five years, ancient images return to the distant jungles of Purús that intertwine the lives of a lost indigenous girl, an old Huni Kuin healer and a Chitonahua native who abandoned nomadic life. The past returns to confront a present in which they continue to struggle to survive in the midst of isolation and marginalization, where the forest is their main ally.
A production of TELEANDES PRODUCCIONES
Sponsored by THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX & SHARE AMAZÓNICA
ETHNO MEDICINE PRESERVATION PROJECT
With the support of
ESCUELA DE CINE AMAZÓNICO
Our thanks to the institutions and communities
who supported this documentary
Municipalidad Provincial de Purús - Gestión 1997
ECA Purús
Parque Nacional Alto Purús
Reserva Comunal Purús
FECONAPU
Comunidad Nativa Balta
Comunidad Nativa El Triunfo
Comunidad Nativa Colombiana
Comunidad Nativa Nueva Vida
Comunidad Nativa Nueva Luz
Comunidad Nativa San Marcos
Comunidad Nativa Gastabala
Comunidad Nativa Laureano
Comunidad Nativa Catay
Comunidad Nativa Tres bolas
Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Práctica
EthnoMedicine Preservation Project
Quio Producciones
Cayumba Cine
Gobierno Regional de Ucayali-Parque Natural de Pucallpa
OUR THANKS TO THOSE PEOPLE
WHO PROVIDED THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT
Enrique Nonato
Arsenio Calle
Rafael Pino
Carlos Gaona
Melissa Rivera
Sergio Salomón
Manuel Cornejo
Debra St. Claire
John Stocke
Noé Bardales
Andrés Torres
Héctor Belisario Torres
Roy Jijida
Pedro Capitán
Calixto Bardales Pinedo
Eliseo Puricho
Katty Quio
Carlos Marín
Eber Portocarrero
Gabriela Delgado
Arturo Mac Kay
Leto Ruíz
Sergio de Carvalho
AND TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR VALUABLE TESTIMONY
Grompes Puricho (+)
Curumí
Clara Belisario Nascimento
Armando Puricho
Margarita Puricho
Segundina Puricho
Roberto Puricho
Bernabé Torres
Noé Bardales
Josefa
Valentín
Panchito Flores
Jorge Gómez
Andrés Maya
The photo of PAPAYA GIRL was taken by Lily Saldaña in 1986
The photographs taken to the Purús and that accompany the final credits were taken by Tania Medina in 1997.
Scenes from the animated short film “AWARA NANE PUTANE” by Sergio de Carvalho.
REALIZATION
Script, direction, camera and editing
Fernando Valdivia
Executive production
Tania Medina
Evan Killick
Assistant Director, camera and sound
Alex Giraldo
Thematic advice
Giancarlo Rolando
Luisa Elvira Belaunde
Filming in Lima
Pedro Dinos
Drone images
Fernando Valdivia
Reynaldo Vela
Assistance in Pucallpa
Alexander Shimpukat
Eva García
Translators
Justino Morales
Adenilson Morales
Víctor Melendez
Suyo del Aguila
Enrique Nonato
Drivers
Adenilson Morales
Victor Melendez
Transfer from Betacam SP to digital
Juan Villanueva Garcia
Pro Video Soporte Técnico Audiovisual
Transcription of testimonials
Urpi Micaela Valdivia
Image Post Production
Reynaldo Vela
English Subtitles
Evan Killick
Audio Post Production and Sound Design
Tobias Pérez
Daniel Ramirez
Photo editing
Tania Medina
Map design
Benny Ríos
Photos of Xiopiti
Manuel Diaz
Support office in Pucallpa
Quio Producciones
Cayumba Cinema
TEAM EXPEDITION TO PURÚS 1997
Coordination
and photo of Papaya Girl
Lily Saldaña (+)
Direction and camera
Fernando Valdivia
Second camera
Peter Noguchi
Still Photography
Tania Medina
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX TEAM & SHARE AMAZÓNICA
PROJECT FUNDED BY THE ESRC - UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
'THE MAKING OF AN INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE OF CONSERVATION'
IN THE PURÚS RIVER BASIN, UCAYALI, PERU
Evan Killick
Giancarlo Rolando
Christopher Hewlett
John Paul Sarmiento
Sonny Saravia
REALISED ON THE PURÚS AND CURANJA RIVERS
IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1997,
OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2021
AND JUNE 2022,
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF UCAYALI, PERU