2011 | Ecuador | Documentary

The Last Ice Merchant (El Último Hielero)

  • Spanish English 15 mins
  • Director | Sandy Patch
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Jeremy Yaches, Rodrigo Donoso

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

For the last 53 years, Baltazar Ushca has harvested glacial ice from the tallest mountain in Ecuador. His brothers, Gregorio and Juan, have long since retired from the mountain. This is a tale of cultural change in a small indigenous community and how three brothers have adapted to it.

Traditional Ice Harvesting Indigenous Culture Mount Chimborazo Ecuadorian Traditions Cultural Change
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