A woman discovers her great aunt's hidden camera — and unlocks a revolutionary life buried by history.
When Claudia reviews the photographs and objects of Julia Chambi, her great aunt, she begins a journey into the past, reliving the footsteps of who can be considered the first Andean and Peruvian woman photographer. Julia, daughter, sister, woman, artist, photographer, politician and lover of Cusco reveals herself in every story, place or person that remembers her.
Cinematography
Stunning Cusco landscapes merge with Julia's photographs in breathtaking visual dialogue.
Direction
Personal yet expansive — Claudia turns family history into collective Andean memory.
Director
Claudia Holgado
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Julia Chambi worked alongside her father Martín Chambi, Peru's most celebrated Indigenous photographer, yet her own archive remained unpublished for decades — this film literally performs the act of feminist recovery.
The Chambi studio in Cusco became a crucial site where Indigenous Peruvians could control their own image during a racist era — Julia's role in that political act of self-representation is only now being understood.
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