Synopsis
For him, the jungle has always been God, life, food, health, beauty and tradition. Now, the world in which Don Benjamín built a home for his family is turning to smoke and ashes. A raw and poetic journey through a magical, endangered region, the Bolivian Amazon.
Festivals
Selected for more than 15 festivals around the world.
Director's Biography
For over 10 years, Iván Zahínos has produced and co-written documentaries in Africa and Europe that have received both national and international recognition. In 2023, he won a Goya for his work as the producer of Maldita. A Love Song to Sarajevo. His debut documentary film as a director, Don Benjamín, explores key themes of his cinematographic vision: the inhospitable realities and the people who inhabit them, and who help him understand and explain the world; art as a mestizo territory; and image as an exercise in visual poetry.
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