Piñen: Stories

A fierce, tender collection of stories about the lives, traumas, and dreams of Mapuche youth in modern-day Chile.

The word "piñen" comes from Mapudungun and refers to the dust or the dirt that sticks to the body.

In the all-too-real streets of Santiago de Chile, Daniela Catrileo gives us a portrait of a generation in search of itself. In "Warriache," two childhood friends whose lives have been marked by their part Mapuche identity and the memories that bind them circle each other at a party. ...