Date:
Thursday, September 28, 2017, 7:00pm
Location:
Bright Family Screening Room at the Emerson Paramount Center
Boston Latino Intermational Film Festival 2017 presents:
Chavela
Documentary 92 mins Catherine Gund & Daresha Kyi USA 2017
Co-presented by Bright Lights Series at Emerson College the Wicked Queer Festival and the Independent Film Festival of Boston; also in collaboration with the ARTS@DRCLAS Series Looking Out for the Queer in Latin American Film and Video Art (Fall 2017 – Spring 2018)
Centered around exclusive interview and performance footage of Chavela Vargas shot in 1991 and guided by her unique voice “Chavela” weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress speak sing and dream her unique life into being.
Q&A with co-director Daresha Kyi (9/28 only)
Moderated by Juan Mandelbaum Consulting Producer
Awards:
2nd Place Audience Award Berlin International Film Festival
Official Selection Ambulante Documentary Festival Mexico
9/28 @7:00 pm – Bright Family Screening Room at the Emerson Paramount Center
9/30 @9:00 PM – Bright Family Screening Room at the Emerson Paramount Center*
Trailer
Review: Hollywood Reporter
*on 9/30 preceded by:
Almost Two (Narrative 5 mins Emiliano Umpierrez Uruguay 2016)
Ana Cecilia and their bunch of friends go out at night. An unexpected person shows up and makes them question their trust to each other.
