I like the term “snow cone” well enough, but it’s not nearly as cool or fun or as perfect as its Peruvian translation “shikashika.” Compared to what we get at a summer ball game or the country fair, shikashika is distinguished not by its name alone. The snow in this cone is for real. And it’s not just any snow that makes a shikashika; it’s pure glacial ice from a volcanic mountain. This sweet and simple film offers a cool glimpse of a sweet tradition from a land where culture has not yet been crippled by expectations of constant convenience.
—Peter Kenworthy