| Description |
1 online resource (video file, 84 min.) : sound, color |
| Summary |
This vibrant documentary celebrates Guillermo Gómez-Peña and the contribution his radical, queer, anti-colonial art has made to conversations around border thinking, gender politics, and Latinx identity. 'I've been fighting to control my image for only 40 years and the fight never ends!', notes Gómez-Peña ironically, turning the camera for a moment on the film's director Amber Bay Bemak, reversing the gaze. The moment encapsulates their life as a Mexican/Chicanx performance artist, activist, and founder of the trans-disciplinary arts organization La Pocha Nostra (LPN), as well as Bemak's approach as a documentary filmmaker. Both attempt to queer all sorts of borders - not only territorial but also those relating to race, gender, sexuality, and even filmmaking. With intimacy and honesty, this film shares Gómez-Peña and LPN's ethos and practice, creating an open space for collaboration both behind and in front of the camera, resulting in a work that embodies LPN's multi-centric and fluid approach to narrative. -- Alexander Street abstract |
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A daring, self-reflexive performative documentary on the extraordinary Mexican/Chicanx performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña's 40-year career of radical artistic practice alongside his international troupe La Pocha Nostra. At a time when the mainstream media is filled with demonizing stories about the US-Mexico border, the film presents the philosophical frameworks of an artist with a sustained dedication to highly impactful, innovative artistic interventions on that border, and presents a unique portrait of his beloved troupe La Pocha Nostra on the road for three years. Featuring exclusive footage from his personal archive, Gómez-Peña enacts his artistic interventions by reclaiming and "queering the border" as a laboratory for utopian ideas and artistic experimentation. -- IMDb summary |
| Credits |
Directed by Amber Bemak ; Amber Bemak, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, writers ; Amber Bemak, Andrew Houchens, producers ; editor, Miguel Schuerdfinger ; cinematography, Alicia Aguirre, Amber Bemak, Mariana Ochoa |
| Cast |
Guillermo Gómez-Peña ; Adara Meyers ; Jennifer Coughlan ; Micha Espinosa ; Karen Elaine ; Leah Vanessa Bachar ; Jose Isla Hidalgo ; Natalia Artemisa Guzman ; Jon Dowdall ; Meesh Beam ; Sara Bahermez ; Gabe Wing ; Tallulah Holly-Massey ; EmaLee Arroyo ; Enzo Luciano ; Ryan R. Pinto ; Balitronica Gómez ; Amber Bemak ; Óscar Alatriste ; Carmen Rosas ; Profirio León ; Itzel Olguín, David Daniel ; Jackie Brakebill ; Beh Pérez González ; Emma Tramposch ; Martha Peña Casas ; Saúl García-López, a.k.a. La Saula ; Madia Granados ; Michéle Ceballos Michot ; Princess Vuvu ; Ricardo Gómez ; La Fulminante ; Cesar Martinez ; Julia Antivilo ; Erika Bulle Hernández ; Reynito Zamudio ; Enrique Guerrero ; Maria Eugenia Chellet ; Roberto Sifuentes ; Arielle Estrada Sol ; Concepción López Hernandez ; Niña Yhared ; Natalie Brewster Nguyen ; Adam Cooper-Terán ; Denise Uyehara ; Annie Sprinkle ; Beth Stephens |
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Gómez-Peña, Guillermo
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Gómez-Peña, Guillermo fast |
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Hispanic American gay artists.
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Art, Latin American.
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Border crossing.
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Gender identity.
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Art, Latin American
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Border crossing
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Gender identity
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Hispanic American gay artists
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documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Bemak, Amber, film director, film producer, screenwriter
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Gómez-Peña, Guillermo, screenwriter
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Houchens, Andrew, film producer
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Schuerdfinger, Miguel, editor of moving image work
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Gallindo, Guillermo, composer
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Pocha Nostra.
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