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El velador = The night watchman / a film by Natalia Almada ; a co-production of Altamura Films and American Documentary/POV in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) ; director/producer, Natalia Almada.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Drug traffic--Mexico.
- Drug traffic.
- Cemeteries.
- Cartels.
- Victims of violent crimes.
- Violent crimes.
- Mexico.
- Violent crimes--Mexico.
- Victims of violent crimes--Mexico.
- Organized crime--Mexico.
- Organized crime.
- Cartels--Mexico.
- Culhuacán (Mexico)--Social conditions.
- Culhuacán (Mexico).
- Cemeteries--Mexico--Culhuacán.
- Mexico--Culhuacán.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (72 min.) : digital, sound, color and black and white
- Other Title:
- Night watchman
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, 2011.
- Language Note:
- In Spanish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Night after night, Martin watches over the extravagant mausoleums of Mexico's most notorious drug lords like a guardian angel. Set in a massive, labyrinthine cemetery in the hours between dusk and dawn, Natalia Almada's haunting documentary reminds us that even today, during the turmoil of Mexico's bloodiest conflict since the revolution, ordinary life persists. El Velador is a film about violence without violence.
- Credits:
- Director of photography/editor, Natalie Almada ; co-editor, Julien Devaux.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Altamura Films, c2011.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed January 14, 2014).
- Publisher Number:
- if-vela Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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