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Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ Gets Dub in Quechua in ‘Runa Simi’

Variety·Anna Marie de la Fuente·28 days ago
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It took Peru’s Augusto Zegarra nine years to complete his debut feature documentary “ Runa Simi ” but less than a year to reap a boatload of awards. He just took home the Alternativa Film Festival’s Focus Award last April 30, which includes a hefty cash prize. This would be the 19 th  honor, starting with Tribeca ’s Albert Maysles Award for in the new documentary director category in June last year. “Runa Simi” also earned the distinction of being the first Peruvian feature to win the Palm Springs Festival Ibero-American Film honor. Testament to its uplifting wide appeal is the raft of audience prizes it has collected. Popular on Variety “Runa Simi,” which means Language of the People in Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language in South America, follows Fernando Valencia (29), a Cusco-based voice artist, who is an Indigenous activist, painter and single dad.…

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