Screening
The Colors of the Mountain
New York Premiere
Dir. Carlos César Arbeláez. 2010, 88 mins.
Colombia/Panama. 35mm print. While nine-year-old Manuel is playing a game of soccer, his precious ball is kicked into a minefield. Amid adventures and kids’ games, signs of armed conflict start to appear in the lives of the inhabitants of a village deep in the La Pradera region of the Colombian countryside. An impressive debut by Arbeláez, who tells the story almost entirely from the children’s perspective.
Preceded by:
Ixquic
Dir. Cesar Manuel León Osorio. 2010. 5 mins. Digital projection. Guatemala. U.S. premiere. Ixquic is placed in a Catholic school and decides to express her Mayan faith at the time of her baptism.
Tickets to Friday evening screenings are $10 ($7.50 for students and senior citizens).
