Memories of a penitent heart = Memorias de un corazón penitente / POV, ITVS, Latino Public Broadcasting ; Blackscrackle Films presents ; a film by Cecilia Aldarondo ; written, produced, and directed by Cecilia Aldarondo ; producer, Patricia Benabe ; a co-production of Blackscrackle Films, LLC, Latino Public Broadcasting, Independent Television Service (ITVS), and American Documentary/POV.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Aldarondo, Cecilia, film director, film producer, screenwriter, narrator.

Benabe, Patricia, film producer.

Cabrera, Lemuel, voice actor.

Merediz, Olga, voice actor.

Dieppa, Nylda, interviewee.

Negron, Rick, interviewee.

Independent Television Service, production company.

Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm), production company.

American Documentary, Inc., production company.

Blackscrackle Films, production company.

Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Dieppa, Miguel.

Gay men--Family relationships.

Gay men.

AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Family relationships.

AIDS (Disease).

Catholic gay people.

Gay couples.

AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Homosexuality.

Homophobia--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Homophobia.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Biographical films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (1 hr., 12 min.) : digital, sound, color

Other Title:

Memorias de un corazón penitente

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : [Distributed by] Women Make Movies, [2016]

Language Note:

In English and Spanish with optional English subtitles; closed captioning available.

Summary:

MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART is a documentary that cracks open a Pandora's box of unresolved family drama. The intimate lens of the film refracts on a wider cultural context: the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, and in particular, how families treat their LGBT members in a Latin American cultural and religious context. A story about the mistakes of the past and the second chances of the present, MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART is a cautionary tale about the unresolved conflicts wrought by AIDS and a nuanced exploration of how faith is used and abused in times of crisis.

Participant:

Narrator, Cecilia Aldarondo ; voice of Miguel, Lemuel Cabrera ; voice of Carmen, Olga Merediz ; featuring: Aquin Darigol, Nylda Dieppa, Gary Oliver, Beatriz Mallory, Rick Negrón, Nilda (Gilda) Reboyras, Lourdes Sanchez, Mark Schiffer, Ilene Shane.

Credits:

Editor, Hannah Buck ; cinematographer, Brennan Vance ; original score, Angélica Negrón.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Blackscrackle Films, ©2016.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 01, 2021).

Contains:

POV (Television program)

Publisher Number:

gd-moph Docuseek2