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’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
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