El mar la mar

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El mar la mar
Directed by
Release date
  • February 11, 2017 (2017-02-11)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish

El mar la mar is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki.

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Production

The directors became interested in the subject after meeting a border guard near the Sonoran Desert. They were influenced by Jason De León's book The Land of Open Graves , about the lives and deaths of migrants who cross through the desert. [1] The film takes its name from a poem by Rafael Alberti. [2]

Release

The film premiered on February 11, 2017, at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, [3] where it won the Caligari Film Prize. [4]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 100% of 12 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.60/10. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Oltermann, Philip (February 15, 2017). "How to cross the US-Mexico border: making El Mar La Mar". The Guardian . Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ Kara, Selmin (2022). "Across the Sonorous Desert: Sounding Migration in El Mar la Mar". In Burgoyne, Robert; Bayrakdar, Deniz (eds.). Refugees and Migrants in Contemporary Film, Art and Media. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN   978-9-463-72416-6.
  3. ↑ "El mar la mar" (PDF). Berlin International Film Festival . Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Prizes of the Independent Juries". Berlin International Film Festival. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  5. ↑ "El mar la mar". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved July 6, 2022.
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