Directing
Freddy Siso
Venezuelan filmmaker born in Caracas, he moved to Mérida in 1963, scaping political persecution. He is known for the films Diles que no me maten (1985), based on Juan Rulfo's story, and Los Nevados (1979). Freddy Siso was a member of the legendary Cinema Department of the University of the Andes in Mérida.
Known For
El regalo · 1989El regalo
★ 7.01989
MovieDrama
Poetry film based on "El regalo" by Honduran writer Clementina Suárez.
El hipercubo · 1986El hipercubo
1986
MovieDocumentaryAnimation
Based on the thesis of Alejandro Rivero and Ernesto Pacheco, this documentary attempts to glimpse, through the senses, the fourth mathematical dimension.
Los Nevados · 1979Los Nevados
★ 8.01979
MovieDocumentary
Los Nevados is the first peasant feature film from Venezuela. The magical poetry about humans who endure an almost animal, almost instinctive, almost sad existence, which turns into a complaint.
¡Diles que no me maten! · 1984¡Diles que no me maten!
★ 10.01984
Movie
A young peasant farmer has a feud with a heartless landowner which results in the landowner killing the peasant's cattle which result in the peasant killing the landowner which for the man goes in to hiding for more than 40 years, hounded by the murdered landowner's son obsessed with finding his father's killer.
Medewadi · 1995Medewadi
1995
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the Yekwana people.
Maurice Hasson · 1985Maurice Hasson
★ 5.01985
MovieMusicDocumentary
In this short film, made on the occasion of a visit by Maurice Hasson to Mérida to perform in concert, he evokes in a warm conversation his indelible memories and deeply human experiences of his life in Mérida.
Yo hablo a Caracas · 1978Yo hablo a Caracas
1978
MovieDocumentary
Yo hablo a Caracas (1978), the first documentary by Carlos Azpúrua, is marked by the luminous presence of the Yekuana shaman Barné Yavarí. This elder from the Amazonian forest articulates two powerful and prophetic warnings: first, a demand for respect toward the sovereignty of Indigenous beliefs and culture; second, a grave denunciation of the threat posed by “criollo” presence and its economically irrational logic to the natural balance of the Amazon. Through Yavarí’s voice, the film contrasts modern exploitation with a millennia-old Indigenous worldview grounded in harmony with nature, turning the documentary into an early and resonant plea for cultural dignity and ecological consciousness.
Algunos cantantes, algunas canciones · 1981Algunos cantantes, algunas canciones
★ 5.01981
MovieMusicDocumentary
An exploration of the Latin American protest song through performances and interventions by some of its most prominent figures: Pablo Milanés, Lilia Vera, Mercedes Sosa, Joan Manuel Serrat, Daniel Viglietti, Carlos Puebla, Sara González, and Gloria Martín. Filmed on the occasion of a concert organized by the University of the Andes at the Mérida Bullring, the documentary constitutes an essential record of the Nueva Canción movement as a continental cultural force within the broader context of the political struggles of its time.
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