1978  ·  Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia  ·  Fiction

Agarrando pueblo (The Vampires of Poverty)

STATUS: Released

Agarrando pueblo (The Vampires of Poverty)

  • 1978
  • Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
  • Fiction
  • Spanish
  • English
  • 27 mins
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A Mondo Movie-minded film crew hired by West German TV is stalking some Cali slums. When they offer a homeless man some money for filming him, he gets angry, grabs the notes and wipes his butt with them. Could that really have happened? A poignant comment on poverty porn and scripted documentary.

– Olaf Möller

Credits

Director
Luis Ospina, Carlos Mayolo
Writer
Carlos Mayolo
Producer
Luis Ospina

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