This documentary portrays the lives of Chile’s estimated 15 – 20,000 Romanies (Gypsies) by documenting the stories of three families and their everyday struggles to reconcile their traditional culture with the advantages offered by cultural assimilation. The film brings us into the families’ homes, their places of worship, the children’s schools, and the markets where the men trade, where the protagonists speak, in the Romani language as well as Spanish, about their lives and their concerns as Chileans and as Romanies.
Type: DocumentaryLength: 62 minutes
Year: 2002
Audio Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Themes: Chile, Migration/Immigration, Social Issues
Director(s): Ivan Tziboulka
