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Featuring: Nelida Silva

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​Nelida Silva is a folk dancer, entrepreneur, accountant, and proud ambassador for Peruvian culture. She was born in Llamellin, a small village in the Andes. In the late 1980s, during the time of terrorism in Peru, she moved to New York City, where she co-founded the folk dance group "Ballet Folklorico Peru. By day, she worked as an accountant and eventually a financial advisor for women starting small businesses. But she never forgot where she came from, and returned to Llamellin almost every year. One year, Nelida fulfilled a lifelong dream to host the fiesta, which you can see in the first Soy Andina film. In 2010, after 20 years in New York, Nelida moved back to Peru to start an NGO to help rural women start small businesses in the Andes. In 2014 Nelida decided to run for mayor of her birthplace, which inspired another movie.

The Crew

Director/Producer        Mitch Teplitsky 
Executive Producer      Peter Gould
Editor and Camera       Palu Abadia
Additional editor           Dahlia Fischbein
Additional camera        Cristina Patiño Sheen
Sound Recording          Javier 
Arciniega
Associate producer      Doris Loayza 
Production Assistant    Ivan Espinoza
Translation .                   Doris Loayza
Color Correction           Therin Showalter

Sound Editor                 Kyle Knickerbocker
Original Music               Martin Egúsquiza Reyes
Story Consultants         Paula Heredia, Laura Moire Paglin
Fiscal Sponsor               UnionDocs
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L-R: Pedro Espinoza, Doris Loayza, Nelida Silva, Noelia Silva, Palu Abadia, Mitch Teplitsky

Our Backers

Michael Abbott
Carla Agostinelli
Rona Aharonson
Monique Aiken
Susan Alaniz
Daniel Alarcon
Milagros Albrecht
Richard Allon
Dalia Allon-Meeter
Chelo Alvarez-Stehle
Jon Andersen-Miller
Andrea Bocchio Jewelry
Patricia Aranibar
Cindy Arlinsky
Mariella Arredondo
Claudia Arteaga
Hideh Azimi
Asociación de Emprendedoras Llamellinas
Craig Azoff
Madeleine Bair
Lawson Baker
Sarah Barrow
Edy Barturen
Edith Barzilay
Betty Bastidas
Beacon Reader
John Bell
Tamara Bell
Phyllis Berenson
Alan Berliner
Mark Berman
Karen Blackburn
Doug Block
Belle Boonroong
April Borda
Michelle Borda
Chris Bowen
Stephen Brager
Fred Branson
Luis Bravo
Robert Breunig
Mike Brown
Tony Brown
Anabelle Cabreja
Gregory Camacho
Mercedes Camacho-Walsh
Moussa Camara
Judith Canepa
Rebecca Carte
Vanessa Castaneda
Fernando Castillo
Teresa Castro
Talia Castro-Pozo
Fatiha Chellat
Daria World Music for Children
Chimu Restaurant
Jane Clemmons
Luis Colan
Padraic Confrey
Colleen Conifer
Sarah Conover
Rebecca Coppola
Shelli Costa
Martin Cowart
Laurie Coyle
Iralda Cruzado
Jill Danzig
Diego de Mola
Ana de Orbegoso
Mercedes Delgado
Liliana Delgado
Beth DeRicco
Vincent DeSanits
Elmo Deslandes
Paul Devlin
Abi Doukhan
Barbara Drake
Amy Drezner
Leda Duif
Bilge Ebiri
Margaret Eisenhart
George Faison
Dan Fletcher
Julie Folley
Scott Folley
Stephen Francoeur
Nadine Freeman
Nicole Gabai
Calin Garcia
Sergio Garcia
Richard Geduldig
Richard Geduldig
Anthony Geist
Claudia Glasser
Frank Nafey
Alysa Nahmias
​Robert Napolitano
Marjorie Nass
Juan Navarro
Jacquie Nemor
Richard Nesbit
Noelle Nichols
Catalina Niño
Martha Nora
Robert Norris
Knut Nygaard
​Andrew Moran
Holly Morris
Jon Moscow
Holly Mosher
Rhonda Moskowitz
David MoyseMari Gold
Shelley Goldberg
David Gollob
Jenny Gonzales
Odi Gonzalez
Oscar Gonzalez-Barreto
Elana Goodridge
Glenn Gordon
Maureen Gosling
Lisa Gossels
Howard Graubard
Heather Greer
Carmen Guevara
Perry Gunther
Clint Heaton
Priscilla Hensley
Paris Heritage
Ellen Hewett
Helen Hiebert
Vicente Huaman
Samuel Hughes
Rosa Huitzitzilin
Rubi Hurtado
Yina Hurtado
Suzi Hutchings
​Maritza Iberico-Reiss
Shereen Ilahi
Junia Imel
Anita Jacobs
Elizabeth Jacobs
Gregg Jamback
Irma Jennings
Hope Jinishian
Wendy Kalman
Diane Kandel
Irene Kane
Mitchell Karig
Robert Karp
Ted Katauskas
Cheryl Kerfeld
​Melissa King
Glenn Klausner
Michael Kleiman
Douglas Klostermann
Barbara Knowles
Luz Koerner
Carsten Korch
Abbie Kozolchyk
Vivian Kurutz
​Araceli Ma
Misha MacLaird
Ted Mainess
Ruraq Maki
Anthony Malagon
Jordan Mallah
Claire Mandeville
Rosa Marcus
David Marion
Celeste Marion
Mary Marion
Bruce Markow
Wilton Martinez
Elena Martinez
Fe Martinez
Mayu Hand-Knit Alpaca
Adam Mazo
McClelland Fund
Kathleen McIntosh
Steve Mendelsohn
Melissa Mendelsohn
Linda Mendoza
Zoila Mendoza
Americo Mendoza-Mori
Nell Merlino
William Mitchell
Lucila Moctezuma
Jose Mondelo
Erick Montoya
Hadley Moore
Rory O'Connor
Sarah Oberle
Hiromi Oikawa
Ana Orbegoso
Laura Paglin
Wallie Pagunsan
Cynthia Paniagua
Claire Panke
Jackie Paré
Vianny Paredes
Paris Heritage
Colm Pelow
Beatriz Peña
Benjamin Perelman
Julia Pimsleur
Angelo Quispe
Yanett Ramirez
Josh Rasp
Michael Rauenhorst
Raymi Restaurant
Ready Set Recover
Prerana Reddy
Cecilia Reguly
Hillmer Reyes
Ana Reyes
Brad Richter
Greg Rills
Peter Rinaldi
Jonathan Ritter
Kate Robertson
Mirella Rodriguez
Esther Rodriguez
Martin Rojas
Memory Roque
Shirley Rose
James Rudolph
Carolyn Ryan
Tupac Saavedra
Laidy Saenz
Linda Safran
Nelida Salas
Luis Salcedo
Maribel Sánchez
Matthew Sayre
David Schraeger
Judith Schwartz
Howard Sedlitz
Arnon Shafir
Jeff Shames
Anita Shapolsky
Catherine Shimony
Mikaela Shwer
Keith Sickle
Jonathan Skurnik
Phyllis Slocum
Angela Snow
Cesar Solis
Michael Stein
Jean Stoddart
Valerie Storfer
Elisabeth Stucki
James Sykes
Rica Takashima
Cesar Teague
Rick Tejada-Flores
Emily Thompson
Alexander Thomson
Meghan Tierney
Luis Tochiki
Margherita Tortora
Deirdre Towers
Elizabeth Trindade-Asher
Claudia Urdanivia
Mabel Valdiviezo
Luis Valverde
Tom van Buren
Fidel Vargas
Richard Vecchio
Giovanna Vidal
Susana Vidal
Miguel Villafane
Visions Adventures
Alex von Bidder
Sonia Voynow
Jessie Warner
Leah Warshawski
Morrie Warshawski
Rebecca Weller
Simon Winograd
Mikael Wiström
Nancy Wolfe
Sonya Worthy
Neila Wyman
Gabriela Yepes
LaDeana Young
John Yurcik
Alan Zimmerman

Additional Thanks

Organizations
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Abya Yala Arte y Cultura
Artesanos Don Bosco
El Cine Vagabundo
Cusqueña
The D-Word
Fertur Peru
ISES Environmental
Limanjar
Macchu Pisco
Manhattan Neighborhood Network
Mankind Project
El Mercado Peru
NYU, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
NYU, Center for Media, Culture and History
The Ohio State U., Center for Latin American Studies
Overseas Adventure Travel
Parroquia San Andres de Llamellín 
Pearlfisher
Radio Ambulante NPR
Radio Llamellín
Radio El Tambo Stereo
Skylight Pictures
Trade Commission of Peru in New York
Union Docs
U. of Notre Dame, Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures
​Individuals
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Delia Ackerman
Daniel Alarcon
Christopher Allen
Betty Bastidas
Ulla Berg
Mike Branson
Carlos Cabrera 
Pamela Calla
Teté Castañeda Urrelo 
Talia Castro-Pozo
David Conover
Belly Espinoza Pittman
Edward Espinoza
Dan Fletcher
Jorge Fernandez
Padre Raul
Raul Gallegos
Sergio Garcia
Marcela Goglio
Jeremy Gordon
Carla Gutierrez
Megan Hasting
Amparo & Luis Iturre 
Kurmi & David Iturre
Kathy Leichter
Sara Lerner
Loayza Reyes family
Victor Maqque
Elena Martinez
Zenaida Mendez
Lucila Moctezuma
Terrell Morgan
Sophia Muston
Father Jorge Nonni
Noam Osband
Ingrid Patetta
Alberto (“Apu”) Pupo
Edith Quijano
Hillmer Reyes
Hector Rojas
Caro Rolando 
Fernanda Rossi
Titi Schwartz
Laura Silva Roldán
Ofelia Silva Maruja Silva
Camila Segura
Sophie & Bess
Antonio Tolentino
Guillermo Trejo
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