Tears of the Mountain (2019)

Director Ivan Olita unpacks the creation myth behind the dormant volcano sat in the world's largest salt flat by traveling to Bolivia and documenting the life of Nico, the film's protagonist, who has lived and worked in the Uyuni Star flats all his life. A local sculptor that inhabits a land mostly seen as a touristic destination. As he hacks away at the salt rock with a well-worn ax to source material for his sculptures, he steadily chews coca leaves-his labor becoming a form of self-induced meditation.