Friday 3rd June
12-6pm
SINOPSIS:
In the small village of San Basilio de Palenque (Colombia) there is one collective dream: for the people to return to their homeland, Africa. Named after Benkos Bioho, the maroon founder of San Basilio de Palenque, this documentary depicts the lives of the palenqueros who believe their souls travel back to Africa after they die. The Lumbalu is their burial ritual and with drumming and delicate dances they help their relatives' souls to find the right path. The longing for this land, so distant yet so remembered through oral tradition, is at the heart of this story told by the sound of drums.
Duration: 11 min.
Year: 2012
Language: Spanish, English subtitles
Director: Diana Kuellar
Concept: Diana Kuellar y Mauricio Prieto
Cinematography: Andrés Giraldo y Pablo Rivera
Diana Kuellar is a Colombian- Spanish documentary and audiovisual filmmaker. She lived for more than eight years in Barcelona , Spain , where she earned a Masters in Creative Documentary at the University Pompeu Fabra. She is associate professor in the School of Communication at the Universidad del Valle in Cali , in the audiovisual area . Founder and director of the International Diploma in Creative Documentary ” Two Worlds Look ” at the same institution that has just passed its fifth edition. She is also president / founder of the Foundation Making Docs, an organization dedicated to the production, dissemination and training of the documentary.
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