
Bolivia
YVY MARAEY, LAND WITHOUT EVIL [Yvy Maraey, tierra sin mal]
Sundance Award-winning filmmaker Juan Carlos Valdivia (SOUTHERN DISTRICT, 2010 AFI Latin American Film Festival) plays a version of himself, a documentarian hoping to make a film about the Guaraní people and retrace the trail of an early Swedish explorer. With the help of a Guaraní guide, he heads into southeastern Bolivia, where the indigenous culture still reigns. The prickly metropolitan filmmaker is often met with indignation, a reflection of the greater Bolivian culture clash. A lyrical and philosophical road movie, where the journey leads not to a destination but to a deeper understanding of identity, memory and the power of cinema.
DIR/SCR/PROD Juan Carlos Valdivia; SCR Elio Ortiz; PROD Matthias Ehrenberg, Joaquin Sánchez. Bolivia/Mexico/Norway, 2013, color, 107 min. In Spanish and Guaraní with English subtitles. NOT RATED

No passes accepted.
Sun, Oct 5, 7:30
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