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Surire documents the disparate elements that form a natural and social landscape in northern Chile's isolated Surire Salt Flat, near the border with Bolivia. A Chilean Natural Monument, the salt flat and several small salt lakes make up a protected area that is home to a number of Andean species of plants and wildlife. A small number of Aymara elders live in this part of the desert, not far from trucks and machines that mine borax from an important deposit.
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"Surire captures a haunting landscape filled with strange beauty and mystery. This often mesmerizing documentary serves up a fever-dream study of old and new worlds on the country's border with Bolivia. Recommended."
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"Surire is highly recommended as a window on an indigenous people and a fine example of modern Chilean filmmaking. The filmmakers have allowed the beauty of the land itself to comment on its relationship with the Aymara. An excellent study guide is availa"
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- SubtitlesEnglish
- Closed CaptionsEnglish, Spanish