Maman
Léhyan BECHON-GRUARIN
For its reproduction, the megaloprepus dragonfly specifically relies on periodic puddles in tree holes and bromeliacea in tropical rain forests. Territorial males tenaciously defend these resources. Females lay their eggs in the water holes of the territorial males and are guarded by them. Any satellite male - i. e., one without a territory - who tries to grab a female is driven away by the territorial male.
The Flight of the Condor traces the global circulation of the melody “El Condor Pasa”: from the Andes mountains to global metropoles; from Lima to Paris to New York, and back; from panpipes to piano and from symphony orchestras to the disco; from indigenous to popular music; and from world music back to national heritage.
and its preservation as personal and collective memory. My father documented the history of our family. He said that "we are what our memory allows us to remember" and tried to photograph everything, even in his last days, before he died from Covid in February 2021. This documentary is a small tribute to him, but this could be the story of any other people around the world.
