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Fernando, an indigenous voice actor, goes on a quest to dub The Lion King into Quechua, pushing the boundaries set by Hollywood.
Fernando, a single-parent, is a voice actor from Cusco. He became a viral sensation for dubbing animated clips into Quechua, an endangered language, yet the most spoken indigenous dialect in South America. His actions engage with wider issues regarding transmission, identity and fatherhood, and in doing so they push him to dream even bigger – to dub The Lion King into his native language. Fernando’s story is a reminder that access to entertainment is a privilege, too often taken for granted in an era when platforms like Disney offer countless language and subtitling options to make content accessible to ‘all'. This joyful and engaging film highlights how meaningful it is to transform a language of the oppressed into a language of power.
Fernando, a single-parent, is a voice actor from Cusco. He became a viral sensation for dubbing animated clips into Quechua, an endangered language, yet the most spoken indigenous dialect in South America. His actions engage with wider issues regarding transmission, identity and fatherhood, and in doing so they push him to dream even bigger – to dub The Lion King into his native language. Fernando’s story is a reminder that access to entertainment is a privilege, too often taken for granted in an era when platforms like Disney offer countless language and subtitling options to make content accessible to ‘all'. This joyful and engaging film highlights how meaningful it is to transform a language of the oppressed into a language of power.
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Premiere statusEuropean premiere
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Director(s)Augusto Zegarra
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Country(s)Peru
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Year2025
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Duration80 mins
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Executive producer(s)Ellen Schneider, Benjamin Bratt, Peter Bratt, Alpita Patel
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Producer(s)Claudia Chávez Levano / Estudio Alaska 88, Paloma Iturriaga / Estudio Alaska 88
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CinematographyRenzo Rivas
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EditingCarlos Rojas
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SoundGustavo Barrionuevo
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Language(s)Quechua, Spanish
