THU MAY 11, 2023 7:00 PM

SONG WITHOUT A NAME

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Pre-recorded introduction by filmmaker Melina León

‘The Latin American Canon of Cruelty’

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  • RELEASED IN: 2019
  • 97 MINUTES
  • DIRECTED BY: MELINA LEÓN

ABOUT THE FILM:

In Spanish with English subtitles

Based on harrowing true events, SONG WITHOUT A NAME tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose newborn baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic – and never returned. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions – suggesting a rotting corruption deep within Peruvian society. Set in 1988, in a Peru wracked by political violence and turmoil, Melina León’s heart-wrenching first feature renders Georgina’s story in gorgeous, shadowy black-and-white cinematography, “styled like the most beautiful of bad dreams” (Variety). SONG WITHOUT A NAME is an unflinching depiction of a real-life, stranger-than fiction tragedy with poetic beauty.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Film Movement

COUNTRY: Peru