By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Ciro Guerra | Cristina Gallego
Starring: Carmiña Martínez | Greider Meza | Jhon Narváez | José Acosta | José Vicente | Natalia Reyes
Original language title: Pájaros de verano
Country: colombia, denmark, france, germany, mexico, switzerland
Year: 2019
Running time: 125
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6386748/reference
Brett says: “During awards season, there are always films that champion an underrepresented group that gain attention with their political clout from the people who produce and back the film. Then, there are a films like BIRDS OF PASSAGE that have such a ground zero connection and honest approach to underrepresented groups that the glitz and glamour of Hollywood production do not belong. This film features a clash of new era values and traditional culture in the Wayuu people of Colombia. Quick: name your top 5 Wayuu films in cinematic history.. A story told in five acts (or cantos), the influence of the modern world creeps into desolate and rural northern Colombia during the 1960s and 70s as the demand for illegal drugs creeps in to a family’s way of life. It is as much educational as it is human as the viewer journeys through the stages of life of a family torn between modern convenience and the old way of life. Family rifts begin to form, and there is a universality present in the story told here. Directors Christina Gallego and Ciro Guerra (EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT) present an epic feel to a story that is carried marvelously by its cast of ‘unknowns.'”