Good morning Vietnam!
I know it’s been a while but we’ve been reasonably busy in the last period.
At the moment we’re working for an organisation in Pisco, on the coast of Peru. Pisco had been devastated by an earthquake in 2007 and it’s still struggling to recover. Pisco Sin Fronteras is an organisation who has been manly involved with the reconstruction of houses and community centres, but is now shifting to a more long term/social sustainable approach.
We were initially asked to produce a documentary about the organisation but to be honest they already had an awesome documentary made one year ago, all focused on the volunteers experience. So we decided to shift the point of view and thought about telling the story of locals who has been helped by PSF.
Here’s the film, if you’re spanish is at least decent, I strongly suggest you watch the version without subtitles to better appreciate the visuals. In case at the end of the post you’ll find the version with english subtitles.
This has been a completely different experience compared to shooting the short movie. We had to interview spanish speaking people and especially have a completely different approach: less scheduled/planned shoots, less control on it. So we had to improvise more and be flexible on the field coming up with instant problem solving solutions.
Pisco is a even poorer reality than Cusco, people here don’t really have much. Most of them are still living in tents and the crime rate is reasonably high. However we’ve had the chance to meet incredible people here and even if I have to say this has been very hard, it’s also been extremely rewarding.
Below are some shots taken from the two days travel from Cusco to Pisco.
Here’s the video with subtitles. Watch it, get the story, and then watch it with no subtitles back at the top. Much better.
https://vimeo.com/23397356