Writer-Director Juan Antin’s latest film “Pachamama”, god willing, might just save the planet. The Argentinian director’s latest project illustrates a story of a young boy from the Andes growing up during the time the Incas were colonized by Spain. Even more importantly, as a piece of content that targets younger generations, it strikes up a conversation on how the actions of early colonizers mirror the ways in which we mistreat our planet today.

“Pachamama” follows a 10-year-old boy from a remote village in the Andes Mountains who dreams of being a shaman. After an Incan overlord takes a small golden statue from their village, the boy embarks on an adventure with his friend and her pet llama to retrieve it. The film’s title, “Pachamama,” refers to an earth-mother goddess that is worshiped by the indigenous people of the Andes. What’s more, the movie has an ecological element that strongly parallels the issues related to our environment today.

During a time in which Antin’s wife, who is an anthropologist, was doing social work for indigenous communities in Argentina, Antin was met with opportunities to speak to community leaders and shamans.

“That’s when I really fell in love with this culture of Pachamama, how they worship the earth. They are in gratitude and in love with the earth and it’s so simple,” he told Variety in a recent interview. “And I thought it’s two points of view of the same thing: Europeans coming from Spain, from Europe, from England, France also, and seeing the earth as a resource of richness and gold, and these people that just see it as something to worship.”

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