It happened in Hualfin ( Raymundo Gleyzer, Jorge Preloran, 1969)

english version (spanish version: Ocurrido en Hualfín ) This threepart documentary on Indian peasant life in the Catamarca region of Argentina is an emotionally moving examination of the generational cycle of poverty in underdeveloped countries. Beautifully told through the eyes and voices of the people, this story of one family becomes the story of all the inhabitants of the valley of Hualfin. In Part I, Temistocles Figueroa, an 84yearold former canecutter, recounts his life in the cane fields through words and song. Part 2 focuses on Justina, his sisterinlaw, who is a potter. Her narrative on poverty and pottery mingles with questions, such as, I ve heard that in other places women don t work. How can that be, she says, I don t believe Part 3 profiles Antonia, Justina s daughter, and her own daughter, Elinda. Antonia toils day and night weaving blankets for sale or barter at the general store.