By Vlad Zakh · December 27, 2025
Bolivia Drama thought provoking
Bolivian cinema is small but distinctive, often built around Indigenous Andean communities and the encroachment of modern life on traditional ways. Utama has an elderly Quechua couple facing a devastating drought, Zona Sur has a wealthy La Paz family’s status quietly collapsing, and American Visa has a retired teacher’s visa quest leading into crime. Chuquiago, Land Without Evil, The Secret Nation and Los Andes no creen en Dios round out the list.
01 An elderly Quechua couple in the Bolivian highlands face a devastating drought that threatens their way of life.
Directed by Alejandro Loayza Grisi · 1h 28m
Stream: Kino Film Collection · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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02 A wealthy La Paz family clings to its old status as their fortune and privilege quietly collapse.
Directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia · 1h 48m
Stream: fuboTV
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03 Four residents of La Paz from different social classes experience the same city in radically different ways.
Directed by Antonio Eguino · 1h 26m
04 A retired teacher's desperate attempt to get a US visa pulls him into a criminal scheme.
Directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia · 1h 40m
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
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05 A filmmaker retracing a controversial anthropologist's steps confronts Bolivia's fraught history with its Indigenous peoples.
Directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia · 1h 47m
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
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06 An Indigenous Bolivian filmmaker treks into the highlands to fulfil his grandfather's dying ceremonial wish.
Directed by Jorge Sanjinés · 2h 02m
07 A Bolivian mining engineer and a French woman fall into a forbidden affair in 1920s colonial Bolivia.
Directed by Antonio Eguino · 1h 45m
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