Jardeis

Colombia | DukeEngage

Official Selection: NC Latin American Film Festival

Gama Rays

An 8-minute cinéma vérité documentary on the women of the Kogui (Teyku) community and the mochilas they knit. Santa Marta, Colombia, Summer 2026.

I lived and worked in Santa Marta for seven weeks through DukeEngage. I directed, filmed, and edited the film myself, and conducted interviews in Kogui, Spanish, and English.

While there, I also taught English to adult women at Casa Maria.

  • Behind the film
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  • Edited in DaVinci Resolve
A woman weaving while two children watch
A mother carrying a child through the village
A girl holding a farming stick among crops
A thatched dwelling with smoke rising from its peak
Hands weaving a patterned mochila
A partly finished woven bag held over sandy ground