Artist Oblivion
Heddy Honigmann’s undeniably ambitious documentaryOblivion takes viewers on a tour of modern Peru, as seen through the eyes of a handful of Lima citizens who’ve survived decades of social and political change. Part travelogue, part character sketch, and part historical essay, Oblivion balances lengthy interviews with lingering shots of street performers and service-folk going about their daily routine. Some of Honigmann’s subjects know each other; most don’t. But while regimes changed and economic recovery plans collapsed, these Peruvians continued to wake up in their hillside slums every morning and make their way into the city to punch in.
Updated 09/30/2009
