Jorge Sanjinés: Jorge Sanjinés. Director: Blood of the Condor. Sanjines made his first feature film, Ukamau (1966), under the auspices of the Bolivian Film Institute, of which he was named director in 1965. A landmark in the history of Bolivian cinema, Ukamau is a sympathetic depiction of the social problems of the Andean peasantry shot exclusively in Aymara, an indigenous language. Because of the controversy surrounding the film, Sanjines was fired from...
Known For: Blood of the Condor (Director), The Secret Nation (Director), The Night of San Juan (Director), Revolución (Director)