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Published June 16th on the New Internationalist on-line magazine: https://newint.org/features/2020/06/16/two-demons-covid-19-and-abuse?fbclid=IwAR2NlN5exEpsdrJue3qO_ntbJ8Jn1NclAnrL5Dh3lnWQrM4WAFDI-ntkEAI Stephanie Boyd on the making of a groundbreaking indigenous film about the pandemic in Peru’s Amazon. Leonardo’s voice is drowned out by the steady thump of electronic music in the background and his cell phone keeps cutting out. At last he finds a quiet corner […]

Nights are long and sweaty, dominated by the angry buzz of motorcycle rickshaws passing under our window and the heavy beat of tecnocumbia music from nearby bars.  Our bedroom overlooks Nauta’s central market, just a block from one of the Marañón River’s busiest ports in Peru’s northern Amazon region. Darkness brings no relief from the