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Meet My World

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Meet My World is a global film campaign, co-produced by Amantani and Andina, based around a series of twelve short films. It focuses on indigenous Quechua children from the Andes of Peru, who teach local skills.

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Films

The twelve short films were directed by Cristina PatiƱo Sheen and co-produced by Amantani and Andina. The scripts were written and narrated by the twelve children who feature in the films.

In each film, one of the children teaches a local skill from the community. The Meet My World website says that the project is "focused on building self-confidence as well as fostering cultural pride".

Film titles

The film titles, and skills taught are:

  • How to: catch fish with your bare hands | Written by Yuri
  • How to: make tamales | Written by Yeni
  • How to: plough the land with bulls | Written by Amilcar
  • How to: be a shepherdess | Written by Marleni
  • How to: dye clothes with vegetables | Written by Magali
  • How to: use plants as medicine | Written by Roxana
  • How to: make tarwi uchu | Written by Veronica
  • How to: make the break of the Incas | Written by Juliana
  • How to: build a mud oven | Written by Heidy
  • How to: cook guinea pig stew | Written by Angelica
  • How to: cook in the middle of nowhere | Written by Doris Sofia
  • How to: make and drink chica | Written by Rosa Maria
  • References

    Meet My World Wikipedia