How mining, poverty and environmental destruction deepen a health crisis. The Troncal 10 is a road full of huge pot-holes and obstacles that constantly threaten to destroy cars that venture onto it. This ‘trunk road’ leads to Tumeremo,... Read Article
Sheffield DocFest returns for its 29th edition from 23-28 June in Sheffield and online, and features a number of Latin American documentaries under new Head of Programmes, Raul Niño Zambrano.
It seems like there must be a resurgent love for stop motion animation in the air as just a week after Ali Gua Gua, Mare Advertencia and Son Rompe Pera released a new video highlighting the style, Venezuela’s... Read Article
There’s been a real mix of tunes released so far this year, with Isaac Sasson‘s gentle Venezuelan folk album Canciones de Isaac seeing the light of day, Sofia Kourtesis following an excellent 2020 EP with a new, very... Read Article
Complementing our Best Albums of 2021 article here is our list of the best compilations, as voted for by our writers. As opposed to our Best Albums list, which is confined to new music, this one highlights some... Read Article
Mo Scarpelli’s documentary El Father Plays Himself (2020) is a compelling look at the making of a film set in Venezuela in which the director Jorge Thielen Armand has cast his non-actor father to play the lead role.... Read Article
While the English version of football may not be ‘coming home’ after all the hype, I’ll go home to my birthplace and start this latest round-up with a London connection. Vasconcelos Sentimento “Movimento” And we’ll kick off, so... Read Article
Alex Figueira is a Venezuelan-Portuguese musician, producer, DJ and record collector based in Amsterdam, known in independent music circuits as “the hardest working man in Tropical music”. It’s no hyperbole; Figueira is the founder of tropical psych-punk outfit... Read Article
“True happiness doesn’t require much. Music, the flavor of a fruit, a child’s smile, a breeze, waves on the shore of a Caribbean beach, a beautiful woman walking in front of you, a candy. All simple things”. These... Read Article
April has showered its musical blessings upon us: some old, some new and all worthy of more than a mere spin or two. Where should we begin this month? Cande y Paulo “Tuyo” Let’s make it something jazzy... Read Article
Once upon a time in Venezuela (dir. Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, 2020) was Venezuela’s official selection for the Best Foreign Film category of the 2021 Oscars. The documentary paints a sombre portrait of a sinking nation. Perched on stilts,... Read Article
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which for the past 30 years has screened films about human rights abuses throughout the world, will be available for streaming in the UK and Germany from the 18th – 26th March,... Read Article
