Glimpses of Peru

Documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, himself a competition-level surfer, follows surfers Michael Hynson and Robert August on an around-the-world surfing adventure. With Brown's wry, sardonic narration and a twangy, guitar-driven instrumental soundtrack by The Sandals playing over the silent footage, Mike and Rob leave their California ho...

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Bruce Brown

Cast

Michael Hynson, Robert August, Lord James Blears

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Chris Marker

Cast

Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Amílcar Cabral

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Cast

Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall

Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Spalding Gray, Sam Waterston

This documentary examines ayahuasca shamanism near Iquitos (a metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon), and the tourism it has attracted. The filmmakers talk with two ayahuasqueros, Percy Garcia and Ron Wheelock, as well as ayuahuasca tourists and local people connected with the ayahuasca industry.

Runtime

1h

Director

Rudolf Pinto do Amaral

Cast

Alan Shoemaker, Percy Garcia Lozano, Pablo Amaringo