Felipe Paz is an independent Colombian anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, with a very extensive trajectory having made cultural videos and also worked in the mass media in Colombia and Venezuela. His medium-length films Putchi Pu can be described as collaborative ethno-fiction, as it portrays how conflicts are settled among the Wayúu people (who live on both sides of the Colombian-Venezuelan border on the La Guajira peninsula, the northern tip of South America); it also included the participation of Wayúu people in the script, acting and direction of the film. As such, it constitutes a valuable document for its ethnographic fidelity, its collaborative work and its political content in the context of a Colombia that seeks to consolidate a peace process to put an end to more than half a century of war.

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Interview with Colombian anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Felipe Paz, director of the medium-length film "Putchi Pu".

Interview with
  • Felipe Paz

  • Mauricio Sánchez Álvarez

Felipe Paz is an independent Colombian anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, with a very extensive career having made cultural videos and also worked in the mass media in Colombia and Venezuela. His medium-length film Putchi Pu can be described as collaborative ethno-fiction, as it portrays how conflicts are settled among the Wayúu people. Putchi Pu makes visible the figure of the indigenous "palabrero" and his role in the peaceful resolution of conflicts.