REVIEW ‘Babenco: Tell Me When I Die’: A Touching Love Letter to a Cinematic Giant
Héctor Babenco, a renowned Brazilian-Argentinean filmmaker, passed away in 2016 at the age of sixty, after struggling with cancer for... Read Article
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REVIEW ‘Once Upon a Time in Venezuela’: Venezuela’s Oscars Candidate is a Compelling (and Frustrating) Documentary
Mother Earth has reached her breaking point: the current pandemic is just another sign that humanity, as it exists today,... Read Article
In Conversation with Daniela Broitman, Director of ‘Dorival Caymmi – The Sounds of Life’
Dorival Caymmi – The Sounds of Life (Brazil, 2019, dir. Daniela Broitman), a documentary about one of Brazil’s great twentieth-century... Read Article
REVIEW ‘The Mole Agent’: An Unusual and Stylish Documentary about the Dilemma of Care and Dignity in Old Age
This article was originally published by Sounds and Colours’s partner, Latin America Bureau. You can read the original here. Award-winning Chilean documentary... Read Article
Brazilian Films on the Lineup at Portuguese Film Festival ‘Utopia’
The 11th edition of Utopia Film Festival is happening until 28th November. The festival has played a significant part in... Read Article
‘Uproar’ and ‘Breaking the Circle’: Women Centred in Music Documentaries at WOMEX 20 Digital Edition
The short films Uproar and Breaking the circle part of WOMEX 20 Digital’s Film Programme, bring the gender debate in... Read Article
REVIEW The Personal and the Political: Essential Brazilian Documentaries by Petra Costa and Maria Augusta Ramos
Petra Costa’s dreamlike, semi-autobiographical films The Edge of Democracy, Elena and Undertow Eyes contain a mixture of highly personal themes... Read Article
New Mini Documentary ‘Cimafunk: Electrifying Havana with Afro-Cuban Funk’
A new mini documentary by a British director about Cuban sensation Cimafunk gives us a glimpse into the singer’s journey... Read Article
NYC AfroLatino Fest Comes at an Important Time
It seems the fourth edition of AfroLatinoFest in New York City comes at a crucial time. A survey by the... Read Article
Nae Pasarán and How Scottish Factory Workers Took On Pinochet: An Interview with Director Felipe Bustos Sierra
In the 1970s, as Chile found itself within the iron grip of General Pinochet’s military dictatorship, solidarity movements sprung up... Read Article
Free London screening of Argentinean documentary Goals for Girls: Saturday June 21st
You’re probably finding there’s just not enough football on at the moment. But fear not, for the good people at... Read Article
REVIEW Where The Condors Fly
If you asked me to name the world’s great wildernesses, the first three to come to mind would be Patagonia,... Read Article