Palomilla Salvaje and ¡Viva Chile M... ! The Small Wild Dove and ¡Long live ....Chile!
Palomilla Salvaje - Mexico, dir. Gustavo Gamou, 2006 – 55min
You can’t knock a bloke for trying! When a shoe-shiner, a taxi driver and their mates decide to go for broke and challenge professional cowboys in the Mexican rodeo to a competition, the result is bound to be interesting. An endearing, tragicomic documentary about pursuing one’s dreams against all odds, La Palomilla Salvaje will move and amuse you.
Written in the tumultuous 1960s, Fernando Alegría’s “¡Viva Chile Mierda!” was the most recited poem of the decade. Raised in the same Santiago barrio as Pablo Neruda, Alegría was a much-loved revolutionary poet and campaigner for the advancement of Latino culture in the US. This stirring documentary celebrates his rebellious spirit and enduring legacy