LAFF2021 next screening: Birds of Passage

[Mario Boido]

Dear colleagues,

Please join us for the next screening of the 2021 Latin American Film Festival. Birds of Passage (Colombia, 2018), directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, will be screened next Wednesday, February 24, at 7pm, and it will be available for streaming from the Festival portal from February 24 to March 3.

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Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, the creative team behind Oscar®-nominated EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, return with this inspired mob epic for the ages — a completely fresh take on the origins of the Colombian drug trade, far from Narcos and Escobar, as told through the story of an indigenous Wayúu family.

In the 1970s, as an American-fueled marijuana boom hits Colombia, farmers quickly turn into seasoned businessmen starting a narco-trafficking era known as “la Bonanza Marimbera.”

In the Guajira desert, one indigenous Wayúu clan takes a leading role. Guided by matriarch Ursula Pushaina, the “Birds of Passage”—drug runners—face the constant risk of violence and incarceration from the outsiders in Northern Colombia. The cultural differences between the native population and the newcomers begin a brutal war that threatens to destroy the Wayúu way of life. As greed, passion, and honor blend together over the decades, the family’s unity, their lives, and their ancestral traditions are all put at stake.

Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/QV0uWf72ZQw

Register for the screening here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/latin-american-film-fest-birds-of-passage-tickets-132990172185

Learn more about the Festival here: https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/news/latin-american-film-festival

The 2021 Latin American Festival is organized by the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies in collaboration with the Kitchener Public Library and the Spanish Film Club by Pragda.

Hope to see you there!

Best wishes,

Mario



Mario Boido, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies
Vice President, Canadian Association of Hispanists
Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies
University of Waterloo
Waterloo ON
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519.888.4567 ext 35621

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