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Berlin Film Festival Spotlight: 'Broder!'

By Angie Romero | 03/10/2010 - 14:31 | 5 Comments

It’s tempting to call director Jeferson De’s Bróder! São Paulo’s answer to City of God. But make no mistake: this is not a film about poverty and violence. Though crime definitely affects the lives of these characters (this is Capão Redondo, after all, one of the scariest favelas in Brazil), Bróder! focuses instead on relationships,...

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Berlin Film Festival Spotlight: "El Vuelco del Cangrejo"

By Angie Romero | 03/05/2010 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

One of the standout Latin American films screened during this year’s Berlinale was Colombia’s El Vuelco del Cangrejo (Crab Trap), which had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2009. I was particularly interested in this one, since it’s one of the newest productions that speak to Colombia’s...

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Berlin Film Festival Spotlight: Julia Bacha's "Budrus"

By Angie Romero | 02/23/2010 - 17:07 | 16 Comments

To tackle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict takes cojones, whether you're a politician, a diplomat, a journalist, an activist, a filmmaker, or a regular citizen on either side of the debate. The conversations surrounding this topic, even with the dearest of friends, can be heated, uncomfortable, and emotional rather than calm, objective, and rational. But that was...

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Willkommen in Berlin!

By Smriti Mundhra | 02/19/2010 - 16:04 | 0 Comments

Greetings from Berlin! I’m here with Latina contributing editor Smriti Mundhra for the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, where we’ve seen a bunch of great movies from Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Spain, and beyond. A lot of these movies are having their world premieres here, which means that the crew and actors have...

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