This weekend on June 26, the BFI in London will be showing Mamá Chocó, a Colombian documentary that centers on Paulina, a mother of 26, who flees the war-torn, historically-black region of Chocó in search of a new home in Cali.
The film screened in New York in May and is headed to festivals in Colombia and Chile in August.
You can watch the trailer (in Spanish without subtitles) HERE.
For more information on the displacement of people of African descent from the Chocó region, check out Marta Rodríguez and Fernando Restrepo’s documentaries An Empty House Falls and Never Again, both available from Third World Newsreel.
Can you provide information on how to purchase a copy of this documentary?
Rebecca H (rhankins@tamu.edu)
Hello Rebecca,
I don’t believe that MAMÁ CHOCÓ is currently available for purchase. You may want to contact the film’s director, Diana Kuellar, directly through the film’s website. You can find the email here: http://mamachoco.com/prensa-contacto/. Hope this helps!
BFC/A
Thank you for responding. I will try your link.
Rebecca