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A day in the life of a Peruvian shaman - Gabriel Prieto

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The year is 1400 BCE. At the temple of the fisherman, the morning is unusually still and this is just the latest in a series of troubling signs for Quexo, the village shaman. The villagers live off the sea, but this year the winds have died and the fish have dwindled. He’s seen this before— his only hope to fix it is a special ritual. Gabriel Prieto outlines a day in the life of a Peruvian shaman.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Gabriel Prieto
Director
Hernando Bahamon
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Storyboard Artist
Hernando Bahamon
Animator
Rony Torres, Laura Carranza
Compositor
LaPajarapinta
Art Director
Ivan Barrera
Music
Manuel Borda
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Associate Editorial Producer
Elizabeth Cox
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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