Qotzuñi: People of the Lake

“The lake was our mother, our father. Now, we are orphans.” The Uru Nation lived for generations on Lake Poopó, hunting, fishing, and forming deep cultural ties to its waters. By 2016, due to mining pollution, diverted tributaries, and drought, the lake vanished. ThisShort film portrays the resilience of the last Urus, who still call themselves Qotzuñis—“people of the lake.”

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