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Oct 4, 2017 · Chavela: Directed by Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi. With Eugenia León, Jesusa Rodríguez, Tania Libertad, Marcela Rodríguez. The life of pioneering singer Chavela Vargas, from her birth in Costa Rica in 1919 to her death in Mexico in 2012.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi
- 2017-10-04
Chavela is a 2017 American documentary film, directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi. [1] The film is a portrait of Mexican singer and actress Chavela Vargas. [2] The film premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival on February 9, 2017, in the Panorama Dokumente program. [3]
Oct 4, 2017 · In 1991, filmmaker Catherine Gund sat down with Mexican music icon Chavela Vargas, leading to a candid interview about many parts of her inspirational life. Decades later, Gund (along with co-director Daresha Kyi) has unearthed the footage and tried to create a full, albeit inconsistent documentary starting with the material, as a type of ...
Oct 4, 2017 · In the final years of her life, Chavela openly comes out as a lesbian and rises into her momentous third act, becoming a muse to filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, earning a Lifetime Achievement Grammy...
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- Music Box Films
Oct 4, 2017 · The life of Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, who gains worldwide fame for her beauty and charm and her interpretation of traditional ranchera.
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- Documentary, Music
- Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi
May 28, 2017 · Chavela centers around a 1991 interview--the singer's first public appearance after 15 hard years lost to alcoholism and heartbreak. In the final years of her life, Chavela rises into her momentous third act, achieving international fame, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, and becomes a muse to many, including filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar.
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Feb 12, 2017 · A trailblazing free spirit whose appetite for tequila and women was as legendary as her soul-stirring vocals, Mexican singer Chavela Vargas is given an adoring salute in the documentary portrait,...
