The 26th “Reel” Latin American Film Festival
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Birds of Passage
(Pájaros de verano)Director: Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego, Colombia, México, 2018
Length: 125 minutes
Language: Spanish and Wayuu with English Subtitles Pragda's info on the film: https://pragda.com/film/birds-of-passage/?sfc=1
Showtimes and Locations
- Thursday October 10 7:00 p.m.
Floyd Theater - Introduction: Dr. Walter Rodríguez,University of Louisville
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Storyline
Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, the creative team behind Oscar®-nominated Embrace of the Serpent (also available for your SFC festival), 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.
A true story, the visually striking Birds of Passage is as much a thriller as it is an anthropological study on the consequences of outside influences to indigenous traditions.
Thanks to the support of the Film Committee, Student Activity Board, University of Louisville
Thursday November 14 5:00 p.m.
104W Ekstrom Library