Voices of the Andes (2009)

Qhapaq Ñan known as the Great Inca Road is an ancient network or roads spanning more than 8000 miles running through the heart of the Andes from the ocean and deserts all the way to Machu Picchu Constructed hundreds of years ago during the Inca Empire this vast transportation network still weaves its way through modernday Peru and Ecuador More so than other remnants of the Inca civilization Qhapaq Ñan is a symbol of a common identity that nourishes the dream of the Andean people to this day to revive their cultural inheritance following centuries of European domination As this visually striking documentary takes us along the Great Inca Road revealing its contours its history and its secrets we witness a different image of the Andes and its people