From Grief and Joy We Sing

The Quechua community of Q’eros in the Andes of southeast Peru is renowned for traditional music, weaving, and spiritual rituals that many other Andean communities no longer practice. Through personal accounts, this documentary produced by Doctor Holly Wissler shows the annual cycle of Q’eros musical rituals, how Q’eros people use music to express grief and joy, and how an indigenous people adapt to urban society.

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Vicente Apasa Huamán

Vicente Apasa Huamán

Agustín Machacca Flores

Agustín Machacca Flores

VÍctor Flores Salas

VÍctor Flores Salas

Juliana Apasa Flores

Juliana Apasa Flores

Juan Apasa Flores

Juan Apasa Flores

Juana Flores Salas

Juana Flores Salas

Juan Quispe Calcina

Juan Quispe Calcina

Camera

Holly Wissler

Camera Operator

Flynn Donovan

Camera Operator

David Peña Soria

Camera Operator

Walter Año Mendoza

Camera Operator

Renato Cáceres Saenz

Camera Operator

John Cohen

Still Photographer

Luis Barreda

Still Photographer

VÍctor Flores Salas

Still Photographer

Holly Wissler

Still Photographer

Crew

Rosi Blume

Translator

Gina Maldonado

Translator

Ines Callalli

Translator

Holly Wissler

Translator

Directing

Holly Wissler

Director

Renato Cáceres Saenz

Assistant Director

Editing

David Peña Soria

Editorial Manager

Production

Holly Wissler

Producer

Sound

Writing