LEMEBEL
Special Features: U.S. Premiere
This intimate, innovative portrait of legendary Chilean activist, poet and performance artist Pedro Lemebel — famous for his outrageous, unapologetically political performances, sharp tongue, flamboyant costumes and groundbreaking media savvy — won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at this year's Berlinale. Shot during an eight-year period before Lemebel's death in 2015, Joanna Reposi Garibaldi's visual and sonic essay mixes archival materials, personal interviews and home movies to pay tribute to an uncompromising artist who became an emblem of queer culture in Pinochet-era Chile; Lemebel held up a mirror to machismo and homophobia in all walks of Chilean society, spearheading an LGBTQ rights movement that was impossible to ignore. Winner, Teddy Award, Best Documentary, 2019 Berlin International Film Festival; Official Selection, 2019 Guadalajara International Film Festival. DIR/SCR Joanna Reposi Garibaldi; PROD Paula Sáenz-Laguna. Chile/Colombia, 2019, color, 96 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, September 29, 2019
Genre: Documentary - biography
