BIRDS OF PASSAGE (Pájaros de Verano)
"Visually stunning, dramatically gripping!" - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
From Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego, the creators of the Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent, comes an epic, visually exquisite drama about a proud indigenous family whose lives are transformed forever by the birth of Colombian drug trafficking in the 1970s.
Oscar-nominated duo Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego (Embrace of the Serpent) return with this sprawling and enthralling story of one family and the birth of Colombian drug trafficking in the 1970s. The indigenous Wayuu clan live a lifestyle steeped in mystic tradition, largely in isolation from the outside world. But increased demand for marijuana creates a powerful family dynasty while simultaneously letting modernity slowly encroach upon their way of life. Exploding with eye-popping visuals, Birds of Passage (Colombia's official selection for this year's Oscars) is a generation-spanning crime epic of Shakespearean dimensions. With its depiction of dueling tribal codes, rituals and beliefs, and the destabilizing impact of outside influences, Birds of Passage offers a totally different perspective on the crime sagas of Western cinema. (Columbia, Denmark, Mexico, 2019, 125 mins., R, Spanish, Wayuu, & English | Dir. Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra)
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