The Condor Daughter La Hija Cóndor
Synopsis
High in a remote community in the Bolivian Andes, a tender Quechua song ushers a new life into the world. Young Clara has learned these songs, and the sacred ways of midwifery, from her adoptive mother Ana, with whom she cares for the pregnant women of the surrounding villages. Despite her sense of duty to her people and respect for their midwifing tradition, Clara is a smart and curious girl tempted by the outside influences creeping into the community. When she runs off to the city to become a singer, she leaves a dark void in her wake.
Álvaro Olmos Torrico’s mesmerizing tale of encroaching modernity in an Indigenous family is a film of stunning contrasts: the sweeping pastoral landscapes and lush warmth of the village against the decadent neon of Cochabamba nightlife; the windswept quiet against the cacophonous city streets; the sounds of Quechua and Spanish. Grounded by deeply affecting performances and a cinematic exploration of music and song, Clara’s poetic journey is one toward the self.
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Film Credits
- Álvaro Olmos Torrico, Cecilia Sueiro Mosquera, Diego Sarmiento Pagán, Federico Moreira, Iris Sigalit Ocampo Gil
- Álvaro Olmos Torrico
- Álvaro Olmos Torrico, Irene Cajías
- Nicolás Wong Díaz
- María Magdalena Sanizo, Marisol Vallejos Montaño, Nely Huayta
- Cergio Prudencio, Marcelo Guerrero
- Iris Sigalit Ocampo Gil, Aniceto Arroyo
- Empatía Cinema, Ayara Producciones, La Mayor Cine
Sponsors
Program Patron
Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation
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Shorts 4: City & State
Synopsis
Chicago and Illinois-based filmmakers experiment with genre, topic, and form in this eclectic program by students, upcoming artists, and established directors.
In Bailey’s Blues, a Chicago-born musician turns up the heat in a confrontational interview. An ugly Christmas dinner leaves a young woman with one worthwhile family member in Madrina. The ever-mounting pressure of high school debate brings out the best and worst of its overachieving students and wise-cracking judges in Debaters. Your Tomorrow Will Be My Song is a vulnerable re-telling by Suni and Alondra, a real-life couple contemplating their trip back home to the Andes. In Chasing the Party, teenage exploration takes an unexpected turn when suburban best friends Melissa and Stephanie make their way into a bar with the fakest of IDs. The usual anxieties plague upcoming artist Anisa as she dodges gossip from art scene contemporaries, questions the value of her work, and navigates flaring tensions in It’s Just a Fucking Opening. In Make No Mistake: These Are the Glory Days, we witness moments of clarity, belonging, and acceptance as the band HOME IS WHERE tours the U.S. as an openly trans group with an openly trans audience.
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Sponsors
Documentary Program Partner
Documentary Program Patron
Cynthia Stone Raskin
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Your Tomorrow Will Be My Song
Synopsis
In this heartfelt re-enactment, Suni and Alondra discuss a return to their home in the Andes and what their future wedding could look like. Together, they contemplate blending their new experiences in the U.S., contemporary beliefs, and traditional ceremonial practices.
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 4: City & State.
Media
Film Credits
- Fernando Saldivia Yáñez, Ignacio Cavieres Maragaño
- Fernando Saldivia Yáñez, Alondra Sullani Soria, Suni Sonqo Vizcarra Wood
- Fernando Saldivia Yáñez
- Fernando Saldivia Yáñez
- Alondra Sullani Soria, Suni Sonqo Vizcarra Wood
- Maqui Films
- https://www.maquifilms.com/films/your-tomorrow-will-be-my-song
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