Salar is an experimental short and inspiration for "Fundir", following Boston's road salt to its source in the Atacama Desert. Filmed in Iquique, Chile, and in Chelsea, MA. Allison Cekala 2014. Shot on hand processed 16mm and Super8 film.

The intersecting lives of two otherwise unrelated people in a rural Bolivian village adjacent to the Uyani salt flats are presented. The first is Carlos, a poor salt miner. Unlike his colleagues, he is unwilling to take the one time compensation package from an American conglomerate who wants to purchase the mining rights. Carlos would rather get paid for doing actual work than risk living off a o...