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And That is How the Rivers Came to Be
And That is How the Rivers Came to Be

AND THAT IS HOW THE RIVERS CAME TO BE

Y así aparecieron los ríos

Directed by Miguel Araoz Cartagena
Peru, Canada, 2019
Animation, Short

Synopsis

A long time ago, before there were rivers in the Amazon rainforest, a Kukama God stood poised in his canoe, holding aloft his bow and arrows. The arrows fell one by one creating vast, winding rivers, which the Kukama people have navigated until modern times.

Synopsis

A long time ago, before there were rivers in the Amazon rainforest, a Kukama God stood poised in his canoe, holding aloft his bow and arrows. The arrows fell one by one creating vast, winding rivers, which the Kukama people have navigated until modern times.