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POV Presents LA CASA DE MAMA ICHA


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“A bittersweet journey chronicled with intimacy by the Colombian filmmaker Óscar Molina, in his feature debut.”
— The New York Times


LA CASA DE MAMA ICHA
A film by Óscar Molina
(Colombia, 2021, 90 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)

Decades earlier, Mama Icha moved to the United States to help her daughter with the care of her grandchildren. However, she never lost sight of her hometown of Mompox, spending years sending money to build her dream house there. Now, at the end of her life, Mama Icha boards a plane and flies back to Colombia where she finds joy and heartbreak in her return to the place her heart never left.

Premieres Monday, October 18 on PBS
Streaming through on pvs.org

Watch the trailer:

 
 
Earlier Event: October 17
Cinema Tucsón Presents THE BATWOMAN
Later Event: October 25
POV Presents THINGS WE DARE NOT DO
 
 
 
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Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
They are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.