Chavela
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: BLUE09
Producer: Blue Ice Docs Fund Inc.
Subject: Documentary, Drama, English, Gender Studies, Media and Communications, Music, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Women's Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2017
Running Time: 93:17
Through its lyrical structure, Chavela will take viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing artist Chavela Vargas. Centered around never before-seen interview footage of Chavela shot 20 years before her death in 2012, and guided by the stories in Chavela's songs, and the myths and tales others have told about her - as well as those she spread about herself - the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.
Film is in Spanish with English subtitles.
Winner – Audience Award – Frameline 41 International LGBTQ Festival
2nd Place Audience Award – Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
Audience Award – Outfest, Los Angeles
Winner – Audience Award – Damn These Hells LGBTQ Film Festival
Best Documentary – Out Shine Film Festival
“A trailblazing free spirit whose appetite for tequila and women was as legendary as her soul-stirring vocals.” The Hollywood Reporter
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