Zona Intangible (2016)

In this story of resilience and hope, Seattle-based writer-director Ann Hedreen traces the unlikely connection between the people of an asentamiento humano (human settlement), building a new life from an abandoned gravel pit in Lima, Peru, one of the world's most sprawling megacities, and her great-uncle, a Swedish-American pioneer of the modern Peruvian fishing industry. The film reveals how a single act of generosity ripples forward and backward through time, improving lives in the present and adding new understanding to the role of an outsider in the history of a country.