La Laguna del Soldado (2024) by Pablo Álvarez-Mesa
Saturday, November 2, 2024, 1:15 pm
La Laguna del Soldado
Presented in association with
Admission: $15 General / $10 Cinematheque Members
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The annual Colombia On Film series returns to the Roxie Theater with an expanded program of documentary films never before seen in the Bay Area. Presented by CiNEOLA, the annual Colombia On Film series presents work from emerging Colombian filmmakers portraying the nuances, complexities and realities of Colombia and its diaspora. This year’s program—titled habla el territorio—focuses on themes of memory, territory, silenced history and hope within future generations. Co-presented by RoxCine and supported by the Colombian Consulate of San Francisco.
La Laguna del Soldado (2024) by Pablo Álvarez-Mesa (75 min, Colombia/Canada).
200 years after Simón Bolívar’s liberation campaign across Colombia, La Laguna del Soldado retraces The Liberator’s journey across the high-altitude marshlands while searching for glimpses of his ghost still present in this historically contested territory. Reflecting on the construction of oral history and its relation to the land, La Laguna del Soldado traverses the páramo, a living and elusive archive, navigating through the dense fog suspended between Simon Bolivar’s past and Colombia’s present. Screening includes a live virtual Q&A with director Pablo Álvarez-Mesa. Moderated in person by Colombian-American filmmaker Emily Cohen Ibañez, director of Fruits of Labor (2021).