{"id":3045,"global_id":"krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs?id=3045","global_id_lineage":["krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs?id=3045"],"author":"481","status":"publish","date":"2023-08-28 15:33:59","date_utc":"2023-08-28 19:33:59","modified":"2023-09-25 09:03:52","modified_utc":"2023-09-25 13:03:52","url":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/event\/2023-latin-american-film-festival-birds-of-passage-colombia\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/laclxs\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/3045","title":"2023 Latin American Film Festival – “Birds of Passage,” Colombia","description":"
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“P\u00e1jaros de Verano,” dir. Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra, Colombia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/pragda.com\/film\/birds-of-passage\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wayuu, English, and Spanish with English subtitles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Carmi\u00f1a Mart\u00ednez, Jos\u00e9 Acosta, Natalia Reyes, Jhon Narv\u00e1ez, Greider Meza, Jos\u00e9 Vicente Cote, Juan Bautista Mart\u00ednez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACADEMY AWARD\u00ae COLOMBIA\u2019S SUBMISSION FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, the creative team behind Oscar\u00ae-nominated EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT<\/a><\/em> <\/em>(also available for your SFC festival), return with this inspired mob epic for the ages \u2014 a completely fresh take on the origins of the Colombian drug trade, far from Narcos<\/em> and Escobar, as told through the story of an indigenous Way\u00fau family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1970s, as an American-fueled marijuana boom hits Colombia, farmers quickly turn into seasoned businessmen starting a narco-trafficking era known as \u201cla Bonanza Marimbera.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Guajira desert, one indigenous Way\u00fau clan takes a leading role. Guided by matriarch Ursula Pushaina, the \u201cBirds of Passage\u201d\u2014drug runners\u2014face 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 Way\u00fau way of life. As greed, passion, and honor blend together over the decades, the family\u2019s unity, their lives, and their ancestral traditions are all put at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A true story, the visually striking Birds of Passage<\/em> is as much a thriller as it is an anthropological study on the consequences of outside influences to indigenous traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming screenings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n