They are striking works of art by any standard: but what purpose did they serve? Some of the theories put forward suggest that the lines were ancient running tracks, runways for aliens, and even a giant astronomical calculator. But after decades of misunderstanding, modern archaeology may finally have an answer to the puzzle of the Nasca lines.

This film is an initiatory journey among the Fangs of Gabon and the Shipibos of Peru. With the sound...
The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art...

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Agu...

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m ...

Peru is a country steeped in cultural traditions that stretch back more than 1,000 years. But it's a...
Documentary about the most popular music of the Andes -- Huayno music -- and explores the lives of t...

Tucked away in northern Indiana, the city of Peru, Indiana is the circus capitol of the world. Thous...

Classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Nazca Lines have never ceased, since their fortuitou...
This documentary examines ayahuasca shamanism near Iquitos (a metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon), an...
Anthropologist and filmmaker João Meirinhos travels in Peruvian Amazonia to speak with healers who w...

A devastating mercury spill by the world's richest gold mining corporation transforms a quiet peasan...
A portrait of Peruvian curandero Agustin Rivas-Vazques, revealed primarily through stationary-camera...

In the late 1980's, during Peru's bloody internal conflict, an American couple traveled through the ...

They have the power of the Apus! They live at more than 16,000 fasml since centuries! But their cult...

Deep in the Andean mountains lays a mysterious ruin named Machu Picchu. For 400 years it sat abandon...

One of the world’s greatest ancient enigmas, the Nazca lines are a dense network of criss-crossing l...

After years of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, six US veterans of the wars in Iraq an...
Shipibo healer Ricardo Amaringo describes how he prepares, teaches, and shares the plant medicine ay...
Documentary recorded on a family trip to Chancay in July 2024. Edited in April 2025.