Rick tejada flores biography definition
My Bolivia is a historic route trip to make sense of a family’s and a country’s past. A latino filmmaker travels to Bolivia to to detect the things his parents told him, and what they never said — the family’s slave-owning past, his grandfather the President’s role in Latin America’s bloodiest war, the relative who was one of the leaders of the Revolution, and connections with a notorious Nazi war criminal… all a far cry from growing up in California and a life as an an activist.
This patiently probing documentary traces the web of the Tejada clan from La Paz to Los Angeles, back to the Bolivian capital, and on to isolated rural countryside landscapes.
As Tejada-Flores discovers through his on-camera exploration and perambulation, the story of the affluent, land-owning Tejada family intersects with the history of Bolivia in the 20th century in revealing and deeply uncomfortable ways. This unearthing of a shocking legacy, and how Tejada-Flores decides to portray it, gives this documentary a transcendently bittersweet ending.
"My Bolivia is an eye-opening documentary about the family skeletons in one man's historical closet." — Kathy Fennessy, Video Librarian
"My Bolivia speaks to all who are interested in Latin America, its present, its past, or both With consummate artistry, this prize-winning documentary filmmaker leads us from his childhood impressions about the ancestral country he did not know to his archivally-researched revelations about his family's role in major events of twentieth-century Bolivian and Latin American history My Bolivia is an ideal primer for the uninitiated, an informative and revealing essay for the specialist, and a powerful and provocative meditation for all.
Students especially will be quick to appreciate the telling of this epic tale through the eyes of someone who, like all of us at some point, want to recognize more about "who we are and we came from." — Rolena Adorno, Sterling Professor of Spanish, Yale University
"A powerful and uniquely personal and historical documentarya rich multi-generational, bi-cultural journey about the land-locked, mineral rich state most know precious little about.
A rewarding addition to the history and culture of our hemisphere." — Ann Louise Bardach, PEN Award winning journalist, writer of Without Fidel and Cuba Confidential
"My Bolivia's take on the story of one family is fascinating as it reveals the complex layers of political history, migration, and the ongoing forces that shape the region.
I found the segment that touches on Afro-Bolivian descendants highly relevant to the ongoing exploration of racial identities in Latin America, and appropriate as a instruction tool as it ties together the complicated issues of memory, history, activism and politics." — Cristina Venegas, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, UC Santa Barbara
"My Bolivia is a moving, beautifully filmed and well-researched story of personal redemption.
It is a film that conveys a deep respect for the magic of the place and its people while exploring the complex issues of how we can take responsibility for the negative actions of our fore-bearers without having them define our futures." — Linda Farthing, storyteller of Evo's Bolivia: Continuity and Change
Main credits
Tejada-Flores, Rick (film director)
Tejada-Flores, Rick (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Vicente Franco & Tupac Saavedra; music, Quique Cruz & Alex De Grassi.
MARC RecordSee Worldcat record
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This patiently probing documentary traces the web of the Tejada clan from La Paz to Los Angeles, back to the Bolivian capital, and on to isolated rural countryside landscapes. As Tejada-Flores discovers through his on-camera exploration and perambulation, the story of the affluent, land-owning Tejada family intersects with the history of Bolivia in the 20th century in revealing and deeply uncomfortable ways. This unearthing of a shocking legacy, and how Tejada-Flores decides to portray it, gives this documentary a transcendently bittersweet ending. With consummate artistry, this prize-winning documentary filmmaker leads us from his childhood impressions about the ancestral territory he did not know to his archivally-researched revelations about his family's role in major events of twentieth-century Bolivian and Latin American historyCine Las Americas International Film Festival
San Diego Latino Film Festival
DocLands Documentary Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Rick Tejada-Flores
NATIONALITY: Bolivia, United States
YEAR:
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults
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