Copacabana

Argentina, 2006, 56 min
In Spanish with English subtitles
USA Premiere

Directed By: Martín Rejtman
Producer: Martín Rejtman
Executive Producer: Rosa Martínez Rivero
Cinematographer: Diego Poleri
Editor: Martín Mainoli

A group of women dance down a crowded Buenos Aires street, their colorful skirts swirling around them. It’s the Festival of Nuestra Señora de Copacabana, and the Bolivian community in Argentina is mounting a procession to their patron saint that will last long into the night. Filmmaker Martín Rejtman is there as well, capturing the pageantry in elliptical moments of dance and music. One of the founding fathers of the New Argentine Cinema, Rejtman makes his documentary debut with Copacabana, a remarkably original look at the immigrant experience in Latin America. More ...

Preceded By:
Los Tabaqueros
USA , 2006, 8 min
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Directed By: Russell Griffin,
Francisco Gonzalez
The craft of handmade cigars is demonstrated by passionate Cuban-American cigar makers in Miami.

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