YARAT FILM CLUB: JUSTIN WEBSTER (COLOMBIA) GABO THE MAGIC OF REALITY

YARAT Contemporary Art Centre are pleased to invite you to a next meeting of the Film Club which has already turned into an informal meeting point for discussion of contemporary cinematograph. We invite you to watch a film “Gabo the Magic of Reality” directed by Justin Webster 1 December 2015. 

Gabo the Magic of Reality / 2015 / Columbia, USA, Spane / 90 min. / Documentary film, Biographical film, Historical Documentary / Colour

'Gabo, The Magic of Reality' is a story about the incredible power of human imagination, which follows the interwoven threads of Gabriel García Márquez's life and work - "Gabo" to all of Latin America - with the narrative tension of an investigation.

The documentary ‘Gabo, la magia de lo real’ is being screened worldwide, sponsored by Colombian embassies, as the literary world commemorates the first anniversary of the death of Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

Countries where the documentary has premiered include Britain, the United States, Spain, Mexico, France, Chile, the Dominican Republic, the United Arab Emirates and Australia. The film has received awards at the recent International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias and at the Latin American Film Festival of New York.

The documentary, directed by Justin Webster, is a coproduction of Colombia, the USA and Spain. It investigates the circumstances that made it possible for a young man from a village on the Caribbean coast of Colombia to become a writer who won the hearts of millions of people around the world. The film also explores the significance of his journalistic writings, his personality, and his perception of reality. It reconstructs the legacy of the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude from testimonies by family members, friends, co-workers, other writers, journalists and politicians.

The film will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles

Date: December 1, 2015

Time: 19.00

Venue: YARAT Contemporary Art Centre, Multifunctional Room

Contact phone: +99412 505 1414

Admission: FREE

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