CINE A CONTRACORRIENTE: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE OTHER LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
This DVD contains a selection of films that comprise the traveling cinema program "Cinema Against the Grain: Latin America and Spain. Dialogue, Convergence, Divergence… Over the Past 80 Years." The contents presents a premiere selection of 19 avant-garde, documentary, animation and experimental films from all throughout Latin America (including Cuba). Within the complex universe of Latin American cinema, these are fundamental works of art that are hardly known to the general public.
This DVD publication goes hand in hand with the previous DVD release of DEL ÉXTASIS AL ARREBATO (FROM ECSTASY TO RAPTURE): A JOURNEY THROUGH SPANISH EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA. Together they comprise a diptych essential for enthusiasts of less conventional cinema on both sides of the Atlantic.
BLEEDING HEART (Corazón Sangrante) (Ximena Cuevas, 1993)
ISLE OF FLOWERS (Ilha das Flores) (Jorge Furtado, 1989)
THE CITY ON THE BEACH (LA CIUDAD EN LA PLAYA) (Ferruccio Musitelli, 1961)
now! (Santiago Álvarez, 1965)
OFFERING (OFRENDA) (Claudio Caldini, 1978)
FISH EYE (OJO DE PEZ) (Gabriel Enrique Vargas, 2008)
SLAUGHTERHOUSE (CAMAL) (Miguel Alvear, 2001)
Juquilita (Elena Pardo, 2004)
SEIZING PEOPLE: VAMPIRES OF POVERTY (AGARRANDO PUEBLO. LOS VAMPIROS DE LA MISERIA) (Luis Ospina & Carlos Mayolo, 1978)
Revolution (Revolución) (Jorge Sanjinés, 1963)
DREAM (TRAUM) (Horacio Coppola & Walter Auerbach, 1933)
Contents
Format: DVD-PAL / Region 0
(No Regional Code); DVD/DSL Bundle
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DREAM (TRAUM)
(Argentina/Germany, 1933)
Director: Horacio Coppola & Walter Auerbach
• 2:18 minutes
• 16mm
• B&W
• Silent
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THIS WALL IS NOT A PARTY WALL (ESTA PARED NO ES MEDIANERA)
(Peru, 1952)
Director: Fernando de Szyszlo
• 10:06 minutes
• 35mm
• B&W
• Sound
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THE CITY ON THE BEACH (LA CIUDAD EN LA PLAYA)
(Uruguay, 1961)
Director: Ferruccio Musitelli
• 11:52 minutes
• 16mm
• Color
• Sound
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REVOLUTION (REVOLUCIÓN)
(Bolivia, 1963)
Director: Jorge Sanjinés
• 9:10 minutes
• 16mm
• B&W
• Sound
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NOW!
(Cuba, 1965)
Director: Santiago Álvarez
• 5:27 minutes
• 35mm
• B&W
• Sound
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HUNGER (FOME)
(Brazil, 1972)
Director: Carlos Vergara
• 5:07 minutes
• Super 8
• Color
• Silent
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OFFERING (OFRENDA)
(Argentina, 1978)
Director: Claudio Caldini
• 4:18 minutes
• Super 8
• Color
• Sound
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SEIZING PEOPLE: VAMPIRES OF POVERTY (AGARRANDO PUEBLO. LOS VAMPIROS DE LA MISERIA)
(Colombia, 1978)
Director: Luis Ospina & Carlos Mayolo
• 28:33 minutes
• 16mm
• B&W, color
• Sound
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AMA ZONA
(Argentina, 1979-83)
Director: Narcisa Hirsch
• 10:37 minutes
• Super 8
• Color
• Sound
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SHODDY WORK (CHAPUCERÍAS)
(Cuba, 1987)
Director: Enrique Colina
• 10:46 minutes
• 35mm
• B&W, color
• Sound
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ISLE OF FLOWERS (ILHA DAS FLORES)
(Brazil, 1989)
Director: Jorge Furtado
• 13:13 minutes
• 35mm
• Color
• Sound
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BLEEDING HEART (CORAZÓN SANGRANTE)
(Mexico, 1993)
Director: Ximena Cuevas
• 4:18 minutes
• Video
• Color
• Sound
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PARAGUAYAN HAMMOCK (HAMACA PARAGUAYA)
(Paraguay, 2000)
Director: Paz Encina
• 8:17 minutes
• Video
• Color
• Sound
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SLAUGHTERHOUSE (CAMAL)
(Ecuador, 2001)
Director: Miguel Alvear
• 15:50 minutes
• 16mm
• B&W, color
• Sound
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JUQUILITA
(Mexico, 2004)
Director: Elena Pardo
• 2:22 minutes
• 16mm
• Color
• Sound
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GALLERY DOGS
(Peru, 2005)
Director: Diego Lama
• 2:19 minutes
• Video
• Color
• Sound
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DOCUMENTARY (DOCUMENTAL)
(Venezuela, 2005)
Director: Alexander Apóstol
• 2:13 minutes
• Video
• Color
• Sound
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OPUS
(Cuba, 2005)
Director: José Ángel Toirac
• 4:49 minutes
• Video
• B&W
• Sound
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FISH EYE (OJO DE PEZ)
(Colombia, 2008)
Director: Gabriel Enrique Vargas
• 15:16 minutes
• Video
• B&W
• Sound
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Total Running Time: 02:46:00
Language: Spanish & English with optional Spanish & English subtitles
Booklet Text: Charo Otegui Pascual, Josep Ramoneda, Antoni Pinent, Rubén Guzmán, Angélica Cuevas Portilla & Marta Lucia Vélez (Bilingual Spanish & English)
Published By: Cameo Media
Institutional Price: $250 (plus shipping); $500 DVD/DSL bundle (plus shipping)
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