The Musical Valley. Otavalo Indigenous Musicians at the Crossroads of Transnational Circulations.
A captivating exploration of Otavalo Indigenous musicians in the Ecuadorian Andes, revealing how migration, urbanisation, globalisation, and technology intertwine with ancestral sounds to shape their dynamic contemporary cultural identity.
This film is part of the shorts collection Crafted Sound: On instrument-making, sonic heritage, and changing musical cultures (94mins), which also includes the films Goong: Sound Through Fire, by Maria Mendonça, and and Mind, Hands, Work: Fidel Sambou Builds an Ekonting, by Scott Valois Linford.
Subtitles
English
Countries
Ecuador, United Kingdom