Los hieleros del Chimborazo

Los hieleros del Chimborazo (1980)

N/A 22 min Movie
Documentary

Since colonial times, the indigenous people of the Andean mountains have ascended to peaks that reach 5,200 meters above sea level. There, they crush gigantic blocks of ice that carry on their backs to sell them later in the fairs of Riobamba and Guaranda. The film shows the living conditions of the communities that live from this activity.

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Cast

Baltazar Ushca Baltazar Ushca Himself

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