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HUSEK and WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND at First Look 2022


First Look 2022 Presents

HUSEK
(Daniela Seggiaro, Argentina. 2021, 89 min. In Spanish and Wichí Lhamtés with English subtitles. U.S. Premiere)
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A multi-million dollar urbanization project for the indigenous territory of Gran Chaco threatens to relocate Wichi families and disrupt their ancestral way of life. Chief Valentino and his grandson refuse to comply, which nudges architect Ana to own up to her role in their displacement. Written with Wichi author Osvaldo Villagra and incorporating documentary elements, Husek is both intently local and undeniably universal in its themes of erasure and gentrification. Winner of the Georges de Beauregard Award at the FIDMarseille International Film Festival. 

Preceded by LISTEN TO THE BEAT OF OUR IMAGES (Audrey and Maxime Jean-Baptiste. France/French Guiana. 2021, 15 min. In French with English subtitles)

Sunday, March 20, 12:45pm

WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND
(Iliana Sosa, USA, 2021, 71 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. New York Premiere)
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An intimate, lovingly patient portrait of the director’s 89-year-old grandfather Julián, from his final, long, solo bus ride to visit his daughters in El Paso, Texas, to his efforts to build a second house for his blind son on his property in Mexico.

Sunday, March 20, 3pm

Earlier Event: March 11
Latinx and Latin American Films at the Athena Film Festival
Later Event: March 20
Las Premieres Presents WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND
 
 
 
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Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
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