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Joris Ivens Award - Cinéma du Réel, Paris 1996.
Premio Speciale della Giuria - Ambiente Incontri, Pordenone 1996.
Screened at, o.a.:
La Mo-viola, Cinema delle Donne, Turin, Italy, 1996.
Freiburger Film and Video Forum, Germany, 1996.
Silence, Elles Tournent, Montréal, Canada, 1996.
DokumentArt, Neubrandenburg, Germany, 1996.
Semana International de Cine de Valladolid, Amascultura, Spain, 1996.
a rural family in Mexico
DESCRIPTION
Velo Negro is a documentary about three people who left their Mexican mountain villages to seek success in the United States.Franco is having a good time in New York. However, his wife Micaela cannot take root and dreams of returning to her homeland. Antonio also realizes that his dream is not in the promised land, but at home with his family.
He goes back before even crossing the border.
Velo Negro shows that the desire to have a home is just as strong as the dream of leaving. The bus from the Mexican village keeps taking young people away.
The elderly stay behind. As their mountain village gets increasingly quiet, people are born to leave and return to die. Here the choice has become impossible. Neither staying, nor leaving can bring happiness.
Sardinas, one of the main characters in Mama Calle
CREDITS
Research, script, direction: Arjanne Laan link
The immigrants: Antonio López Orosco, Micaela López Pineda, Franco Márquez
Camera and light: Anthony Dod Mantle, Bernd Wouthuysen
Sound: Jesus Sanchez, Ben Zijlstra
Editor: Jan Dop
Music: Patricio Wang
Production: Kaie Klaassen voor Moving Image Production
Velo Negro is a Moving Image Production film,
for TV1 The Netherlands / NCRV-Television,
in coproduction with Statens Film Central Denmark (Danish Film Board),
co-financed by: Dutch Film Fund, Co-production Fund for Dutch Broadcasters, Dutch National Committee for Development Education,
and Moving Image Production.
Velo Negro was developed with a loan from the European Media Project for the Creative Documentary
Language versions: English subtitled / Dutch subtitled / Danish subtitled
Date of release: September 1995
Running time: 72'30" en 50”
Format film: 16 mm 1:1.37 / 35 mm 1:1.66
Formaat video: any videoformat (incl. D1 16:9 PAL+)
Original languages: Spanish and English spoken + Dutch commentary
copyright © Moving Image Production BV, 1995, 1996
Antonio, one of the main characters in Velo Negro