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OEFF: 'Utama'

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VIRTUAL WATCH PARTY

From One Earth Film Fest:

Tickets virtually: https://utamavirtual.eventbrite.com

VIRTUAL: Saturday, March 11, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Central Standard Time

Tickets available to viewers in the state of Illinois only.

Virtual watch party “doors” open 15 minutes before start time.

Alejandro Loayza Grisi/2022/87 min/Water, People & Culture

FILM DESCRIPTION: This visually jaw-dropping debut feature by photographer-turned-filmmaker Alejandro Loayza Grisi is lensed by award-winning cinematographer Barbara Alvarez (Lucrecia Martel’s “The Headless Woman”) and won the Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival.

In the arid Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living a tranquil life for years. While he takes their small herd of llamas out to graze, she keeps house and walks for miles with the other local women to fetch precious water. When an uncommonly long drought threatens everything they know, Virginio and Sisa must decide whether to stay and maintain their traditional way of life or admit defeat and move in with family members in the city. Their dilemma is precipitated by the arrival of their grandson Clever, who comes to visit with news.

MULTI-AWARD WINNING FILM.

Post-film discussion will be streamed to virtual watch party.

Facilitator:

  • Doug Dixon, Neighbor, Our Community

Panelist:

  • Alejandro Loayza Grisi, Director, Utama

Later Event: March 12
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