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This was the first Colombian film ever to receive an Oscar nomination (in 2015). It tells of an indigenous shaman, the last of his tribe, who accompanies two travelers deep into the Amazonian jungle, in search of a magical plant. In crisp B&W, except of a 2001-style "Stargate" coda in astonishing colors. [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Dec 6, 2024 - 5 comments

Defending Champion Argentina (and winners of the 2022 World Cup) take on 15 teams from North and South America in an expanded Copa America. [more inside]
posted by thecaddy on Jun 21, 2024 - 11 comments

I would strongly prefer this thread to be retitled with the Spanish name, Frontera Verde. (Wikipedia) Frontera Verde is a Colombian crime thriller web television miniseries. (IMDB): “When a young Bogotá-based detective gets drawn into the jungle to investigate four femicides, she uncovers magic, an evil plot and her own true origins.” A Colombian Netflix series, 8 episodes, set at the Colombian-Brazilian border, and shot in Spanish, Portuguese, and indigenous languages. Combines police procedural with Latin melodrama, an acid Western sensibility similar to the French adaptation of Giraud and Charlier’s Blueberry graphic novels, Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, Jodorowsky, the countercultural The Teachings of Don Juan books, and elements of Herzog’s Aguirre. It is a dense text. [more inside]
posted by mwhybark on Mar 22, 2020 - 5 comments

While being burned at the stake in 1646 Cartagena, Carmen -- a witch and slave -- time travels to the future to save both herself and the man she loves. (Netflix Original) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Feb 5, 2019 - 4 comments

A story of asylum, ashes, and acidophilus. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Jun 24, 2016 - 5 comments