Documentary PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY CATHERINE GUND AND DARESHA KYI

Through its lyrical structure, Chavela will take viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing artist Chavela Vargas. Centered around never before-seen interview footage of Chavela shot 20 years before her death in 2012, and guided by the stories in Chavela’s songs, and the myths and tales others have told about her – as well as those she spread about herself – the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.Written by Aubin Pictures

With support from the Rifkind Family Fund for Queer Cinema

MEXICO / SPAIN / USA • 2017 • 93 MINS • IN  ENGLISH AND SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

MUSIC BOX FILMS

Q&A with Claudia Norman, Producer of Chavela Vargas’s Carnegie Hall Show, and Director of the Celebrate Mexico Now Festival

Moderated by Carlos Gutiérrez, Executive Director of Cinema Tropical

“This event is in association with the Film Forum.”