Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Peru
2008, Spanish. Directed by Ann Kaneko.
This documentary, filmed between 2001 and 2005, tells the story of four Peruvian visual artists: Claudio Jiménez Quispe, a retablo maker from Ayacucho; Alfredo Márquez, an art activist; Eduardo Tokeshi, a renowned Nikkei artist; and Natalia Iguiñiz, an artist and photographer. It showcases their work and their struggle to remain active and creative amidst a repressive social and governmental regime.
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 11 September 2008
- Original title
- Contracorriente: Guía de Supervivencia para Artistas en el Perú
- Country
- Peru
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Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Peru isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 September 2008. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Peru?
Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Peru (2008) was directed by Ann Kaneko.