2016 Black Maria Film Festival Program
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Matilda & Joe<br />
Animation<br />
by Nick Gibney<br />
Jersey City, NJ. 7 min.<br />
Flower of a Thousand Colours<br />
Documentary<br />
by Karen Vazquez Guadarrama<br />
Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 23 min.<br />
Flower of a Thousand Colours<br />
is an intimate portrait of<br />
Emiliana, a single mother<br />
who tries to survive in a<br />
remote Bolivian mining camp<br />
at 4,897 meters above sea<br />
level. Emiliana lives with her<br />
children in the middle of the paradise-like mountains of Mina<br />
Argentina. But appearances are deceptive: life in the camp is<br />
fierce. Those who find work eat, those who don’t, don’t eat.<br />
Because of the excessive alcohol consumption in the camp,<br />
Emiliana has to be constantly aware of the dangers surrounding<br />
her family.<br />
When their idyllic home is<br />
invaded, a pair of lovesick<br />
tree lobsters must struggle<br />
for survival against the harsh<br />
realities of nature. Based on<br />
true events, this story was<br />
inspired by a species of stick<br />
insects, commonly known as tree lobsters, which have been<br />
critically endangered for almost 100 years.<br />
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