We Keep on Looking for You

Name: We Keep on Looking for You
Director: Diego Andrés Murillo
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-08-11

2025 · 21 min · Documentary

A machine-voice makes a "sad film of his homeland" for a dying patient to ease its passing: footage from Kennedy's visit to Venezuela in 61' creeps through montage errors, and a seemingly endless poem comes alive one last time.

Directed by Diego Andrés Murillo · Written by Diego Andrés Murillo

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