Informatives Musik & Film

Bildgewaltige Kurz-Doku: The Last Ice Merchant (El Último Hielero)

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Diese Doku ist wunderschön, aber auch bisschen traurig. Ich finde es immer sehr sehr schade, wenn ein Handwerk ausstirbt, besonders, wenn es so im Einklang mit der Natur ausgeübt wurde. In diesem Fall dann wohl: Refrigerator killed the Ice Merchant.

Twice a week for over half a century, Baltazar Ushca has hiked up the slopes of Mount Chimborazo, the tallest mountain in Ecuador, to harvest glacial ice that covers the highest altitudes of this dormant volcano. In the past, up to forty ice merchants made the journey up the mountain to mine the ice; today, however, Baltazar works alone. Even his brothers, Gregorio and Juan, both raised as ice merchants, have retired from the mountain to find more steady work.

 

The Last Ice Merchant tells a story of cultural change and indigenous lifestyle through the perspectives of three brothers who have dealt with change in different ways. I wanted to portray the characters as the dignified people that they are and to show the very human story of their circumstances — to make a movie that would portray the indigenous community positively for both an outside audience, and also for the community itself.

Ein paar Extras findet ihr auf der Website zum Film: http://thelasticemerchant.com/watch-the-extras/

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