Synopsis

TUPUNGATO – empathy in death, follows Rafael Pease’s six-year obsession of visibilizing a threatened area. A winter expedition to the highest peak, Volcan Tupungato 21,555ft, evolves into a fight for conservation. In hopes of creating a national park, containing 350,000acres in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, as well as a significant source of water for 40% of Chile’s population. Interviews with renowned scientists and activists unveil a web of corruption in the government and multinational corporations, stemming from imperial religion and a dictator’s constitution. This explosive film is set against the backdrop of historic protests, as the people of Chile rise up for social and environmental rights.

Team

• Rafael

  Pease

  Director and Producer

  Rafael Pease is a 29 year old Chilean/Cuban filmmaker who uses his backgrounds in environmental sciences, socio-environmental rights activism and career as a professional snowboard mountaineer to create forward thinking documentaries. With the goal to educate, inspire and create change in every documentary, while giving a voice to marginalized communities and accurately depicting the science and importance of threatened areas and people.

Technical Info

Year of production: 2023
Format: 4k
Duration: 74 minutes 32 seconds
Country/s: Chile
Director: Rafael Pease
Producer: Rafael Pease
Production house: Connections Movement
Website: www.connectionsmovement.com/tupungato
Social media: @ConnectionsMovement (instagram) / @RafaelPease (instagram)