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Ayacucho is a 30-minute radio documentary about the history of the Shining Path of Peru, the current political situation of the country, the importance of memory and about my journey to the Peruvian Andes. Ayacucho was conceived as an attempt to balance the usual coverage of Latin America and specifically the Peruvian 2006 presidential elections. It is no secret that international news coverage is often reduced and simplified for the sake of brevity. I am not the one to debate whether that brevity is justified or not, and what are the causes and consequences of it. But with Ayacucho I tried to put things in a historical context (still only 26 years of history). By doing this many of the current events are better understood. The production of Ayacucho happened between the months of February 2006 and July 2006. In my hard drive remain many hours of voices and sounds that did not make it in, as well as many pages of narration and feelings that were slowly cut. The product is a balance between a personal documentary, a political documentary and a documentary with a format that allows its distribution. As usual, this piece has more emotions attached than one should probably allow. I am hoping that the audience, will find them.
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When The production of Ayacucho started before my one-month trip to Peru with the reading of several writings on the region of Peru as well as the history of the Shining Path insurgency. I spent one month in Peru, working as a volunteer for the Non Governmental organization Madre and its sister organization in Peru, Chirapaq. I spent most of the time in the region of Ayacucho, and its capital, Huamanga (also known as Ayacucho). On the final week of my trip I traveled to Lima, capital of Peru.
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Who Miguel Macias is a radio producer, sound designer, musician and video producer based in Los Angeles. In 2006 Miguel moved from Brooklyn to LA where he joined the team of American Public Media's Marketplace. For nearly two years he was the overnight associate producer and director for the Marketplace Morning Report. In 2008 Miguel left marketplace to become the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for Youth Radio. Miguel received a Peabody Award in 2006 as the associate producer for WNYC's Radio Rookies. He worked for New York Public Radio WNYC for nearly two years. Before that Miguel had moved from Sevilla, Spain to New York in 2001. He started working as the assistant to Martin Spinelli, the director of the Radio Studies Program at CUNY's Brooklyn College, while simultaneously earning his Master of Fine Arts degree at the Department of Television and Radio. During that time he was deeply involved in the construction of the new studios of Brooklyn College Radio and the development of the Radio Studies Program. Miguel also worked as a radio instructor at Camp Ballibay for the Performing Arts. In 2004 Miguel joined the interns' team at WNYC's Radio Lab and soon after became part of the Radio Rookies staff. Miguel has produced long format radio pieces, features as well as live radio. Among the most important to him are Chasing Love — a one-hour radio documentary that explores the relationship between capitalism and romantic love in western society. Miguel is extremely proud to be a volunteer for the NGO Madre. As such, he has trained indigenous radio reporters in Peru and instructed video editing to teenagers in Colombia. Miguel's credits include NPR's All Things Considered, PRI's The World, PRI's This American Life and ABC Radio National. Always a skeptic, at times a cynic, when no one looks sometimes, a nihilist and secretly, he dreams with one day becoming a revolutionary or a fireman. Thanks to the NGO Madre and Chirapaq for giving me the opportunity to help by working for their projects in Peru. Thanks to my editor, Pamela Miller-Macias. And thanks to a few friends such as Elinoar, Lu, Collin, Kaari and Czerina for their valuable advice during the final stages of the process. All music composed and performed by Miguel Macias.
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Contact: miguel@radiofreeradio.net
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