The first feature documentary at MACC today combined both film festival and art festival, my two great loves. 'Calle Del Arte' is a documentary about the German based artist Clamencia Labin who returns to her native village Marcaibo, Venezuela annually where she stages a huge international art festival using people's homes. This tiny village which was once considered extremely dangerous houses an annual festival visited by 20,000 people. And the villagers love it. Even the very fussy lady who doesn't want nails in her walls (she is a hoot). The artists are German, the villagers are Latino, and everyone benefits!
'Adios Padrecitos' is considered a short, but it's way too long to be considered that. The subject matter is very engrossing...a group of priests who have helped Ecuadorian indigenous people to stand up to the mighty oil Texaco company and wage a law suit are invited by the vatican to leave. They don't listen and one father stages a hunger strike. The subject matter was terrific, the editing needs much improvement. All of the films at MACC are free and I was given a parking pass for the next three days!
Went to El Naranjo, had a glass of delicious Spanish wine, played with a huge Great Dane, and made it home to a house without Abe.
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