Truly touching video about XO laptops in Peru

10 Jun 2010

This short was created as a complimentary piece to "La Sierra." It was edited from footage taken for the feature documentary film, Web, and serves as an introduction to one of the film's primary locations: the small jungle village of Jose Pardo in Peru.

The filmmaker will be returning to Jose Pardo in the spring of 2010 to continue filming with the townspeople - documenting their first interactions with computers and the Internet as well as the culture, traditions, and struggles that define their lives.

This is merely an introduction.

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