BRIEF LOGLINE
There are places in the world where life, as we know it, is changing; where Nature instead of protecting Man, is pushing him away. Places like the swamps and glacial valleys surrounding the largest glacier in the tropics, where a handful of herders and farmers face the unfortunate and often devastating effects of global warming.
SYNOPSIS
There is a society living at the top of the world -hundreds of men and women surviving at the very foot of the Quelccaya, the world’s largest tropical glacier, five thousand meters above sea level. Their existence depends on this body of ice, not only because of the water it provides, but because of the power of giving and taking life they believe the Quelccaya’s spirit possesses.
Over the last few decades, however, the unfortunate effects of global warming have started to become apparent. Quelccaya’s snow-capped peaks have turned into bare, dark rock mountains, and entire beds of streams have dried up. Locals believe the Quelccaya’ spirit is dying, angry at the indifference of men. Once his spirit dies, they will follow- because without glacier’s runoff water, life in the Andes is impossible. And when they leave, a cherished part of the world, an entire culture, will be forever gone.
PRODUCERS: Gabriela Yepes, Mauricio Melzi, Hans-Martin Liebing
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Gabriela Yepes
D.P.: Naiti Gámez, Antonio Rodríguez
CAST: N/A
GENRE: Documentary
EXP. RATING: N/A
FORMAT: HD
SHOOTING RATIO: 15:1
FUNDING SOURCES: In Kind Donations,Grants,Co-Production Funds
PROJECT STATUS: Development
GABRIELA YEPES- Director, Producer
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Maria Bellido
Phone#: 511.445.5549, 511.991.910577
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Email: buena_gaby@yahoo.com.ar
HANS LIEBING- Producer
Phone#: +1 310 441 3844
Email: hans@cinigma.com
