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Returning Where I Have Never Been
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Returning Where I Have Never Been

2026-10-08 · 70 min · ★ 10.0

Documentary · Family · History

In 1895, during the genocide of the Selk'nam people, 165 Indigenous people were captured in Chilean Patagonia and their children given to colonists as servants. A century later, a young Selk'nam woman, driven by a painful family history, returns to her territory to prove that they are not extinct.

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Directors
Constanza Vásquez Palau, Andrés Morales Zambra
Production companies
Quetro Producciones, Tonina Sur Films
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Fernanda OlivaresFernanda Olivares
Hema'ny Molina VargasHema'ny Molina Vargas
Marilita Quintana MolinaMarilita Quintana Molina
Marcela Comte CalderónMarcela Comte Calderón

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