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Cinema Pedregal /

For forty years, Alejandro Farfán has been making and showing films in El Pedregal. Now located in the heart of Caracas, capital city of Venezuela, this community was still a small village in the countryside when Alejandro first went to the cinema but the city has since expanded and engulfed it. Thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Leizaola, Ricardo (Director, Editor, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish with English subtitles.
Published: Manchester, England : University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 1994.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Farfán, Alejandro.
Motion picture producers and directors > Venezuela > Caracas.
City and town life > Venezuela > Caracas.
Caracas (Venezuela) > Social life and customs.
Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma > Venezuela > Caracas.
Vie urbaine > Venezuela > Caracas.
City and town life
Manners and customs
Motion picture producers and directors
Venezuela > Caracas
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
Ethnographic films
Short films
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Short films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:For forty years, Alejandro Farfán has been making and showing films in El Pedregal. Now located in the heart of Caracas, capital city of Venezuela, this community was still a small village in the countryside when Alejandro first went to the cinema but the city has since expanded and engulfed it. This is a portrait of a local film-maker and of El Pedregal itself, exploring the place and its memories.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed February 03, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource (32 min.)
Playing Time:00:31:01