Category: Interviews

 “RUPAI is researching and wants to show the world who we are, what we are, our stories, what we are capable of. Our stories also deserved to be heard.” Interview with David Gramal, 26 July 2024.  

David Gramal is a graphic designer and owner of the GRAMA creative design studio. Since 2011, he has also participated in RUPAI productions and other Kichwa film projects, mainly as an actor. One of his most recent performances is as one of the Indigenous leaders in the latest feature film by Alberto Muenala and RUPAI Productions,

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“The greater variety of plants and flowers there are in the forest, the more beautiful it is”. Interview with Segundo Fuérez, 28 July 2024.  

Segundo Fuérez is a Kichwa filmmaker and animator from the community of Yambiro. In his film production, he has always worked experimentally, mixing genres and creating an intimate working environment based on family ties. He graduated as a director of photography for film and television at INCINE after having already made several short films as

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Against the Grain of Mainstream Cinema. Interview with Alberto Muenala on the early years of Kichwa cinema in Ecuador

Interview with Dr Peter Baker, University of Stirling. Text adapted and translated from the journal Ñawi, Vol. 7 No. 2, 2023, July. DOI:10.37785/nw.v7n2. See the original .pdf here. The text has been extended to include original interview material with the permission of the interviewee. Alberto Muenala is a pioneer of Kichwa cinema and an important

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