Opening The Earth: The Potato King.
(eVideo)
Contributors
Ebner, Aaron, film director.
Ebner, Eric, film director.
Video Project (Firm), Distributor
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor
Ebner, Eric, film director.
Video Project (Firm), Distributor
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Video Project, 2019., Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (50 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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eVideo
Language
English
Notes
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Film
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Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by Video Project in 2019.
Description
OPENING THE EARTH: THE POTATO KING is a documentary about Julio Hancco, a aging guardian of biodiversity living at 14,600 ft above sea level in the Andes Mountains if Peru. His humble life and rise to international fame is contrasted with the global significance of his work and how the modern world may depend on him in an emergency. Julio Hancco represents a people, a culture, and a way of life that is being lost to modernization. The new generation of Peruvians are losing their desire to farm, more driven to be able to afford material possessions than inherit the land from their ancestors. OPENING THE EARTH: THE POTATO KING follows two young Peruvians on opposite sides of the issue. Hernan Hancco is the Potato King’s son, and has chosen to leave his small village for the capital city of Lima, Peru in search of a career and wealth. He has found that the dream of living in the big city isn’t always what it is promoted to be. Yenni Quispe-Surco is a young school girl who faces a decision, move to the city to pursue wealth and modern success, or stay in her village and carry on the traditional Quechua lifestyle of her ancestors. The result is a documentary that challenges our perception of poverty and celebrates traditional knowledge.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language
In English,Spanish
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ebner, A., & Ebner, E. (2019). Opening The Earth: The Potato King . Video Project.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ebner, Aaron and Eric, Ebner. 2019. Opening The Earth: The Potato King. Video Project.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ebner, Aaron and Eric, Ebner. Opening The Earth: The Potato King Video Project, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ebner, Aaron,, and Eric Ebner. Opening The Earth: The Potato King Video Project, 2019.
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