Eduardo Montes-Bradley is a documentary filmmaker. His most recent works are ''Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor'' and ''Black Fiddlers''.

Life

Montes-Bradley first appeared mentioned in Margareta Vinterheden's ''Man maste ju leva', Sweden, 1978. In 1980 he was the New York correspondent for ''El Heraldo del Cine''El Heraldo del Cine, Vol 13. Buenos Aires, 1980.Macau, Clarissa. "Cinema como forma escrita" Revista Continente. August 7, 2013 He worked as cinematographer on films made in

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...

, and in

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

during the civil war. In 1984 he founded

The Entertainment Herald ''The Entertainment Herald'' was a bilingual trade publication serving film producers in the United States, and UK, reaching distributors in Spain and Latin America. The first issue appeared in September 1985, the last in October 1986. History '' ...

Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken is a museum of cinema of Argentina located in Buenos Aires. It was established on 1971 and holds a collection of 65,000 reels of film. History The Cinema Museum of the City of Buenos Aires was created on Oc ...

. Biblioteca y Centro de Documentación. Salmún Feijóo 555, 2º piso. Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1989 he produced SmoothTalker with

Stuart Whitman Stuart Maxwell Whitman (February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020) was an American actor, known for his lengthy career in film and television. Whitman was born in San Francisco and raised in New York until the age of 12, when his family relocated to ...

Burt Ward Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis Jr. , July 6, 1945) is an American actor, animal welfare activist and businessman. He played Dick Grayson's Robin, the sidekick of Batman (played by Adam West), in the television series ''Batman'' (1966–1968), ...

and Sydney Lassik, a year later he wrote and directed ''Double Obsession'', starring

Maryam D'Abo Maryam d'Abo is a British actress, best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film ''The Living Daylights''. Early life and education Born in London to Georgian mother Nino Kvinitadze, daughter of General Giorgi Kvinitadze, and ...

Margaux Hemingway Margaux Louise Hemingway (born Margot Louise Hemingway; February 16, 1954 – July 1, 1996) was an American fashion model and actress. She gained success as a supermodel in the mid-1970s, appearing on the covers of magazines including ''Cosmopo ...

, Scott Valentine and

Frederick Forrest Frederick Edward Forrest MC (9 April 1877 – 20 October 1930) was an Australian soldier and politician. He was born in Rheola, Victoria, to miner Edward James Forrest and Cecelia Hannah Atchison. He worked in Queensland and joined the volunte ...

, ''Double Obsession was'' released by

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. "The Kidnapping" (El sekuestro, 1995) was his last fiction film. In 1997 Montes-Bradley directed " Soriano" first in a series on Latin American writers produced by Contrakultura Films. Other titles, such as Samba On Your Feet, explored Caribbean and Afro-Brazilian cultures."100 Years of Samba Films and Display at Alma Jordan Library" – University of West Indies at St. Agustin. , October 13, 2016Fundação Espaço Cultural da

Paraíba Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...

– Funesc. Governo Da Paraíba. Ofício Sec No. 174-2010. September 2010 In 2008 Montes-Bradley co-founded

Heritage Film Project Heritage Film Project is a film-production studio and film distribution company established in Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville since 2010. It was founded by Eduardo Montes-Bradley and Soledad Liendo in 2008. Heritage Film Project produc ...

. His films are available in academic as well as public libraries. Montes-Bradley is credited under the pseudonyms Diana Hunter and Rita Clavel. In December 2019, the

City of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South Am ...

sponsored the exhibit "From Here and There: A Partial Retrospective of Montes-Bradley's Documentaries" which included 19 titles produced in Argentina, the United States, Brazil, and Germany between 1999 and 2019.

Filmography

Non Fiction

* Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor , Documentary about the

American Renaissance The American Renaissance was a period of American architecture and the arts from 1876 to 1917, characterized by renewed national self-confidence and a feeling that the United States was the heir to Greek democracy, Roman law, and Renaissance hu ...

sculptor who designed Abraham Lincoln, the larger-than-life seated statue at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and The Minuteman. Throughout the film, the director approaches a select number of experts on public art and sculpture including Thayer Tolles, Harold Holzer, Michele Bogart, Eve Kahn, Adrian Benepe, Michael Richman, and Richard Guy Wilson from the University of Virginia. The film pays particular attention to the relationship between American sculptors and Italian-American stone cutters and sculptures such as the

Piccirilli brothers The Piccirilli brothers were an Italian family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved many of the most significant marble sculptures in the United States, including Daniel Chester French’s colossal ''Abraham Lincoln'' (1920) in the ...

and the relationship with life female models with a particular focus on the African American model

Hettie Anderson Hettie Anderson (born Harriette Eugenia Dickerson; 1873 – January 10, 1938) was an African-American art model and muse who posed for American sculptors and painters including Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, John La Farge, Anders ...

. Filmed on location at

Chesterwood Chesterwood is a hamlet in Northumberland, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north-west of Haydon Bridge on the South Tyne, west of Hexham. It includes a number of "Bastle Houses" from the 17th Century, originally built to prot ...

Lincoln Memorial The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument, and is in the ...

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. It was founded in 1910 using land from Mount Prospect Park in central Brooklyn, adjacent to Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Museum. The garden holds ...

, and the University of Virginia. The film was made possible with the support of the

National Trust for Historic Preservation The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works in the field of historic preservation in the United States. The member-supported organization was founded in 1949 by ...

. * Black Fiddlers , The film traces the personal and family stories of violin players of African descent in New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Texas, Missouri, and as far as Oregon during the Indian Wars and the Gold Rush. Includes the testimony of

Rhiannon Giddens Rhiannon Giddens (born February 21, 1977) is an American musician. She is a founding member of the country, blues and old-time music band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, where she is the lead singer, fiddle player, and banjo player. Giddens i ...

founding member of the

Carolina Chocolate Drops The Carolina Chocolate Drops were an old-time string band from Durham, North Carolina. Their 2010 album, ''Genuine Negro Jig,'' won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, and was number 9 in ''fRoots'' ...

and authors Howard and Judith Sacks, Kip Lornell,

John Jeremiah Sullivan John Jeremiah Sullivan (born 1974) is an American writer, musician, teacher, and editor. He is a contributing writer for ''The New York Times Magazine'', a contributing editor of ''Harper's Magazine'', and the southern editor of ''The Paris Revi ...

, and Marshall Wyatt. Black Fiddlers was produced -in part- with a gift from The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation and it was in the Official Selection at the

Virginia Film Festival The Virginia Film Festival is a film festival hosted by the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The festival is held annually, usually in late October or early November. History Cr ...

, 2022. HD , 60 minutes

: “You know, when you look back at your life and there’s always crossroads, there’s always before and after events, you know. And meeting Joe, and not just meeting him but actually becoming his apprentice is definitely one of those crossroad events.” -Luke Church * The Other Madisons , Based on the homonymous book ''The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family'' by Bettye Kearse, the film explores the life of African-American descendants of

James Madison James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for hi ...

. According to the author, Bettie Kearse, before becoming the 4th fourth President of the United States, and while still on his farm at

James Madison's Montpelier James Madison's Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, was the plantation house of the Madison family, including Founding Father and fourth president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head ...

, Madison fathered a child with an enslaved woman named Coreen. The film then traces multiple descendants while contextualizing each generation to a corresponding set of historical circumstances. HD , 38 min , 16:9 Official Selection at Mystic Film Festival,

Martha's Vineyard Film Festival The Martha's Vineyard Film Festival (MVFF) is an annual film festival founded in 2001 and held in West Tisbury, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The festival takes place in March. The MVFF also produces a summer film series in Ju ...

, Atlanta Black Pride Film Festival, 2021; Official Selection DC Black Film Festival, 2021; Official Selection Roxbury International Film Festival, 2021.

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, Black Truth Film Festival, 2022. * Alice: At Home With Alice Parker , Biographical documentary exploring the life, and works of composer-conductor

Alice Parker Alice Parker (born December 16, 1925) is an American composer, arranger, conductor, and teacher. She has authored five operas, eleven song-cycles, thirty-three cantatas, eleven works for chorus and orchestra, forty-seven choral suites, and ...

. Filmed in Hawley. Alice focuses on the formative years and the collaborations with Robert Shaw, and with the works of

Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...

, Archibald MacLeish,

Eudora Welty Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American short story writer, novelist and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel ''The Optimist's Daughter'' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numero ...

and

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massach ...

. American premiere by Chorus America on October 8, 2020. Grand Jury Prize, Mystic Film Festival, 2021; Official Selection, 2020

. Distributed by

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. Produced in 2020 by HFP in association with Melodious Accord, Inc. * Searching 4-Tabernero , Documentary about the multiple exiles of Peter Paul Weinschenk, a Jewish German cinematographer better known as Pablo Tabernero for his contributions to the

Golden Age The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the ''Works and Days'' of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages of Man, Ages, Gold being the first and the one during ...

Argentine cinema Cinema of Argentina refers to the film industry based in Argentina. The Argentine cinema comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of Argentina or by Argentine filmmakers abroad. The Argentine film industry has histor ...

. Tabernero worked as Director of Cinematography with

Carlos Hugo Christensen Carlos Hugo Christensen (Santiago del Estero, 15 December 1914 – Rio de Janeiro, 30 November 1999) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was of Danes, Danish descent through his paternal side. Christensen ...

Mario Soffici Mario Soffici (14 May 1900 – 10 May 1977) was an Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter of the classic era. Biography A native of Florence, Soffici moved to Argentina in the 1920s and began acting in 1931 and directing in 1935 on th ...

Hugo del Carril Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana, otherwise known as Hugo del Carril (30 November 1912 – 13 August 1989 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era. Early life Born in Buenos Aires, del Carril ...

, and

Luis Saslavsky Luis Saslavsky (April 21, 1903 – March 20, 1995) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. Personal life Saskavsky was born in Rosario, Sa ...

among other prominent film directors. Weinsckenk left Berlin in 1933, first to Barcelona during the

Spanish Second Republic The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after the deposition of King Alfonso XIII, and was dissolved on 1 ...

, then to Buenos Aires after

Franco's Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

consolidation of power and the fall of

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

. His film

Prisioneros de la tierra ''Prisoners of the Earth'', also known as ''Prisoners of the Land'', (Spanish: ''Prisioneros de la tierra'') is a 1939 Argentine drama film directed by Mario Soffici. The film premiered in Buenos Aires. The film is often cited as one of the great ...

was critically acclaimed by

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known bo ...

. Three of his films were included as part of a curated retrospective of film noir at

MOMA Moma may refer to: People * Moma Clarke (1869–1958), British journalist * Moma Marković (1912–1992), Serbian politician * Momčilo Rajin (born 1954), Serbian art and music critic, theorist and historian, artist and publisher Places ; Ang ...

in 2015: Si muero antes de despertar, La Quintrala and

. Peter Paul Weinschenk was awarded the Premio Condor de Plata and is increasingly being recognized for his contribution to the documentary experience in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

in times of the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

. There were two versions made of this film, a director's cut produced by

, and a co-production adapted for the screens in Argentina which resulted from a co-production between Heritage Film Project and Soy Cine. Premiered at the 34th Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, 2020 * A Soldier's Dream: The Milt Feldman Story , Biographical portrayal of Milt Feldman, a US Veteran with the 106th Infantry Division, captured at the

Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive (military), offensive military campaign, campaign on the Western Front (World War II), Western Front during World War II. The battle lasted fr ...

. Feldman was marched by German troops and transported to

Stalag IV-B Stalag IV-B was one of the largest prisoner-of-war camps in Germany during World War II. Stalag is an abbreviation of the German ''Stammlager'' ("Main Camp"). It was located north-east of the town of Mühlberg in the Prussian Province of Sa ...

where he remain a

POW A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of war ...

until the arrival of the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

. The film is also a window into Milt Feldman's life in a family of Polish immigrants in Brooklyn during the early 1930s. "A Soldier's Dream" premiered in

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on August 11, 2018, It was awarded Best Documentary at the 9th Historical and Military Film Festival,

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, Best Biography at Oniros Film Awards, 2019, and Best Feature Documentary at

Port Orchard Port Orchard, part of Washington state's Puget Sound, is the strait that separates Bainbridge Island on the east from the Kitsap Peninsula on the west. It extends from Liberty Bay and Agate Pass in the north to Sinclair Inlet and Rich Passage in ...

Film Festival, 2019. ''A Soldier's Dream'' was in the Official Selection at the Western European Film Festival, 2019; Courage Film Festival, Berlin, 2019; San Francisco Veteran's Film Festival 2018, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2018, and the Great Western Catskills International Film Festival, 2018. "A Soldier's Dream" aired on PBS. HD , 60 minutes * The Gillenwater Story , Biographical portrayal of Jay Y. Gillenwater,

UVA UVA most often refers to: * Ultraviolet A, a type of ultraviolet radiation * University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Uva or UVA may also refer to: Places * Uva, Missouri, an unincorpora ...

academic physician and researcher, a woodland gardener with an old-school belief in family, friendship, and self-sufficiency. This portrait of a plain-spoken scientist who married his

childhood sweetheart Childhood sweetheart is a reciprocating phrase for a relationship (but not a partnership) between young persons. This may come about by an extension of friendship, physical attraction or develop from natural affinity. The relationship is usually ...

brings out the wisdom of an unassuming Southerner and the moral compass of an exemplary man. HD , 30 min. * Monroe Hill , Explores the historical context of

James Monroe James Monroe ( ; April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was ...

's first

plantation A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

Albemarle County Albemarle County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is Charlottesville, which is an independent city and enclave entirely surrounded by the county. Albemarle County is part of the Charl ...

in times of the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

. The colonial building known as

Monroe Hill ''Monroe Hill'' is a 2015 documentary film by Eduardo Montes-Bradley made possible, in part, through an award from the Jefferson Trust The film traces the roots, and historical context, of James Monroe’s first home in Albemarle County, and its t ...

predates

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

and the University of Virginia and currently serves as the administrative offices of Brown Residential College. To contextualize the late 18th Century period in Virginia the editor included rare historical footage from D. W. Griffith's films. HFP , HD , 60 min. *

Unearthed and Understood ''Unearthed and Understood'' is a documentary produced by the President's Commission on Slavery and the University at the University of Virginia. The film, produced and directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley for Heritage Film Project, premiered at the ...

, Academic documentary awarded by the President's Commission on Slavery and the university (PCSU) at the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

. It premiered on October 16, 2014, at the conference "Universities Confronting the Legacy of Slavery", in

Charlottesville Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Cha ...

. HD , 18 minutes. * Rita Dove: An American Poet , Biographical portrayal of

Rita Dove Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to have been appointed since the posit ...

. The one-hour-long documentary is made of a series of conversations between the writer and the filmmaker. These conversations took place in Charlottesville between September 2012 and October 2013. Rita Dove: An American Poet was edited by combining hundreds of still images and home movies from the Dove family's collection. The intimacy of the film's dialogue brings a uniquely personal insight into the wide range of Dove's artistic passions. Most of the film's images are the results of the efforts of Rita Dove's father (Ray A. Dove) to record their family's life in the 1950s and 1960s. Rita Dove: An American Poet premiered in

on January 31, 2014 Heritage Film Project , University of Virginia Collection, 2014. Distributed by

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, USA.Filmakers Library, an imprint of Alexander Street Press. Official Website. Color and Black and White. HFP , HD , 50 min. , 16:9 * Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement , Biographical film about

social activist Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...

Julian Bond Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015) was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the e ...

, a former member of the

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, and former Georgia legislator. In 2016 it was presented at the

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, and later awarded Best Documentary at the 4th Baltimore International Black Film Festival."Les boîtes ouvertes de l'Amérique numérique. Aveux d'un documentariste indocile" Revue Annuelle de L'association Rencontres Cinémas D'Amerique Latine de Toulouse. Toulouse, France. Issue Number 21. p. 171 Distributed by

, USA. HD, 34 min. * J.J.Lankes: Yankee Printmaker in Virginia , Documentary exploring the life and work of Julius John Lankes who illustrated the works of

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Sherwood Anderson Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and ...

, and

Roark Bradford Roark Whitney Wickliffe Bradford (August 21, 1896, Lauderdale County, Tennessee — November 13, 1948, New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American short story writer and novelist. Life He attended University of California, Berkeley, and served as a ...

among other writers of his generation. Partially based on the previous research by Welford Dunaway Taylor, professor emeritus of

English Literature English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines E ...

at the

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. Written in collaboration with Jeffrey Plank, and produced by Soledad Liendo. The film includes conversations with Burchfield scholar Nancy Weekly, and with Parker C. Agelasto. ''J.J.Lankes: Yankee Printmaker in Virginia'' premiered in Buenos Aires, and was included in the Official Selection at

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as part of a special exhibit organized by the

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and the

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; and in the Special Selection at the

, 2019. HD , 30 min. * White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans , Portrayal of John Borden Evans filmed at the artist's 19th-century farm in North Garden, Virginia during the winter of 2015. The film was awarded Best Documentary at the 4th International Documentary Festival of

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; Best Documentary at Richmond International Film Festival, and it was shown at the Official Selection at the

. HD, 30 min. * Andrés Waissman , Expositive documentary about Andrés Waissman. Filmed in

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

at the art studio where the artist discusses his childhood and early influences; his Jewish ancestry, and his commitment to

social activism Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...

. ''Andrés Waissman'' premiered at

MALBA The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires ( es, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, MALBA) is a museum located on Figueroa Alcorta Avenue, in the Palermo section of Buenos Aires. Created by Argentine businessman Eduardo Costantini ...

on July 10, 2012. HD , 30 min. * Humberto Calzada , Portrayal of

Cuban-American Cuban Americans ( es, cubanoestadounidenses or ''cubanoamericanos'') are Americans who trace their cultural heritage to Cuba regardless of phenotype or ethnic origin. The word may refer to someone born in the United States of Cubans, Cuban desc ...

artist

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. The film explores Calzada's childhood in

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before the

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. Calzada's meticulous attempt to reconstruct the past is a constant on his work. Original Music by Gerardo Aguillón (violin) and José Angel Navarro (guitar).''

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''. ''Revista Aplausos''. By Olga Connor, Miami, January 7, 2010, Distributed by

and

. HD , 16:9 , 30 min. * Ernesto Deira , Documentary tribute to

Ernesto Deira Ernesto Deira ( July 26, 1928- July 1, 1986) was an Argentine artist associated with the Nueva Figuración (New Figuration) movement in Latin America. Together they called for a return to figurative art, rejecting both abstraction and traditional ...

, founding member of the neofigurative movement in Paris which also included Luis Felipe Noe, Romulo Maccio and

Jorge de la Vega Jorge de la Vega (27 March 1930 – 26 August 1971) was an Argentine painter, graphic artist, draftsman, singer, and songwriter.Standish, Peter. Dictionary of Twentieth Century Culture : Hispanic Culture of South America. New York: Gale Research, ...

. The documentary was produced with support from the Museo de Nacional de Bellas Artes. HD, 20 min. * Pérez Celis , Biographical portrayal of

contemporary artist Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

Pérez Celis Celis Pérez (January 15, 1939August 2, 2008) was an Argentina, Argentine artist usually referred to as Pérez Celis. He earned international recognition for his paintings, sculptures, murals and engravings. Life and work Pérez was born in Sa ...

. Filmed at the artist's studio in

Little Haiti Little Haiti (french: La Petite Haïti, ht, Ti Ayiti), is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. It is known historically as Lemon City, Little River and Edison. It is home to Haitian immigrant residents, as well as residents from the ...

, Florida. In a conversational style, Celis discusses the influences of

Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

and

Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known prima ...

in his work, his political views, his recollection of

Evita Evita may refer to: Arts * Evita (1996 film), ''Evita'' (1996 film), a 1996 American musical drama film based on the 1976 concept album of the same name * Evita (2008 film), ''Evita'' (2008 film), a documentary about Eva Péron * Evita (album), ''E ...

, and his exiles in

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and in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. Produced in part with an award from

INCAA The National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts ( es, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales, INCAA; also referred to as the Argentine National Film Board) is an agency of the Government of Argentina. It promotes the Argentine ...

. USA-Argentina, 2005.HD, 60 min Montes-Bradley on the set Andres Rivera

* Cortázar: apuntes para un documental , Documentary exploring the political views of

Julio Cortázar Julio Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984; ) was an Argentine, nationalized French novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an ent ...

's on the Latin American progressive movement during the 1960s. The film includes previously unseen home movies filmed by Cortázar, an avid 8mm aficionado, shot in Paris with Carole Dunlop; in the gardens of the Mexican Embassy in New Delhi with Aurora Bernardez,

Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and ...

Elena Garro Elena Garro (December 11, 1916 – August 22, 1998) was a Mexican screenwriter, journalist, dramaturg, short story writer, and novelist. She has been described as the initiator of the Magical Realism movement, though she rejected this affiliation. ...

and Nicaragua with

Claribel Alegría Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central Am ...

Ernesto Cardenal Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for m ...

Manuel Antín Manuel Antín (born February 27, 1926) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. Manuel Antín was born in Las Palmas, Chaco Province, in 1926. He first wrote for Argentine television in 1956 and made his directorial debut in 1962 with hi ...

Carlos Montemayor Carlos Montemayor (June 13, 1947 in Parral, Chihuahua – February 28, 2010 in Mexico City) was a Mexican novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, tenor, political analyst, and promoter of contemporary literature written in indigenous language ...

, and

Sergio Ramírez Sergio Ramírez Mercado (; born 5 August 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who was a key figure in 1979 revolution, served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as vice president of t ...

. Locations:

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, Buenos Aires, Paris, Linz Am Rhien, Madrid, and Rome. Nominated for Best Documentary, 2003 by the

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* Los cuentos del timonel , (Tells of the Helmsman)Roca Escalante, Pilar. "Critique on Language and Political Emancipation in Contorno (1953–1959) University of Paraíba, Brazil. Cuadernos del CILHA a. 18 n. 26 2017 . References, page 153 Is a biographical sketch of journalist and historian

Osvaldo Bayer Osvaldo Bayer (18 February 1927 – 24 December 2018) was an Argentine writer and journalist. He lived in Buenos Aires. In 1974, during the presidency of Isabel Perón, he went into exile, residing in Linz am Rhein, Germany, throughout the Natio ...

. The film traces Bayer's life in Buenos Aires to the German colony in Argentina in the 1930s and 1940s. From this period Bayer evokes

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

's birthday as thousands celebrated it at the German Club – Club Albatros of Buenos Aires: "They came in into the streets of Belgrano in a caravan, often lead by the German Ambassador to Argentina Baron Edmund von Thurman. According to Bayer, when the ambassador arrived at the German Club the band will start playing Hitler's favorite tune the

Badonviller Marsch The "Badonviller-Marsch" ( AM II, 256) is a Bavarian military march by composer Georg Fürst (1870–1936). After 1934, with its name Germanized to "Badenweiler Marsch" by the Nazis, it was used as the official march of Hitler in his role as ''F� ...

. "Los cuentos del timonel" was awarded Best Documentary by the

2002. Bayer also explores his relationship with Paco Urondo,

, Hector Olivera,

Osvaldo Soriano Osvaldo Soriano (January 6, 1943 – January 29, 1997) was an Argentine journalist and writer.Osvaldo Soriano
at the

Rodolfo Walsh Rodolfo Jorge Walsh (January 9, 1927 – March 25, 1977) was an Argentine writer and journalist of Irish Argentine, Irish descent, considered the founder of investigative journalism. He is most famous for his ''Carta Abierta de un Escritor a la Ju ...

and others. ''Los cuentos del timonel'' was filmed using a Bolex 16mm and a Sony Handycam DCR-VX1000. * Harto The Borges , Documentary film on

. Presented at the 12e Rencontres Cinémas d'Amerique Latine,

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, Mars 2000.Official Program of the 12th Film Festival of Latin American Cinema in Toulouse. Museo del Cine, Biblioteca. Buenos Aires. Nominated for a Cóndor de Plata. * Ecce Homo , Documentary based on the last interview with

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Juan Filloy, Produced in part with an award from

Osvaldo Soriano Osvaldo Soriano (January 6, 1943 – January 29, 1997) was an Argentine journalist and writer.Osvaldo Soriano
at the

, Original title “Soriano”, the documentary had a theatrical release in Buenos Aires first before being presented in the US, on October 29, 1999, during the "Hispanic Literature and Film at the End of the Millennium Conference on Iberian-American Literature".

Florida International University Florida International University (FIU) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1965, the school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the third-largest uni ...

.'' Produced in part with an award from

* Saavedra: Between Berlin and a place called Peixoto , Biographical documentary on Brazilian author

Carola Saavedra Carola Saavedra (born 1973) is a Chilean-born Brazilian writer. Biography and career Saavedra was born in Santiago, but moved with her family to Brazil when she was three years old. She graduated in journalism by Pontifícia Universidade Cató ...

. Filmed on location in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

and

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

. Saavedra premiered October 9, 2013, at Frankfurt International Book Fair. Official Selection Pedra Azul Film Festival. Filmmaker produces documentaries on Ronaldo Correia de Brito and José Luiz Passos.

+ Writers Made in Brazil, 2013. HD, 30 min. Produced in part with a grant from the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations ,

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* Lisboa , Biographical portrayal of Brazilian writer Adriana Lisboa Fábregas Gurevitz, and her experience as a

Carioca Carioca ( or ) is a demonym used to refer to anything related to the City of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The original meaning of the term is controversial, maybe from Tupi language "''kari' oka''", meaning "white house" as the whitewashed stone ...

writer living in

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

where the documentary was filmed in February 2012. The film presents the writer and her perspectives on exile and literature, on living abroad and in a bilingual universe. ''Lisboa'' premiered on WHTJ PBS / WCVE PBS, Virginia, also aired by Rocky Mountain

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly fu ...

. Italian Avant Premier with Italian subtitles at Festivaletteratura ,

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...

, Italy on September 5, 2014, Heritage Film Project + Writers Made in Brazil, 2012. HD, 30 min. (English) Produced in part with a grant from the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations ,

* ''

Evita (Documentary) ''Evita'' is a Documentary film, documentary about Eva Duarte. The film was written and directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley. Conformed in its entirety with previously unseen historical footage and documents, the documentary reconstructs the life of ...

''. Documentary (2007) about

Eva Duarte Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in t ...

, former First Lady of Argentina. Evita, the illegitimate child without social or economic standing, was determined to make it big in the world of entertainment. Her love affair with a rising political star (

Juan Domingo Perón ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

) transformed her into a vital part of Perón's plans to seduce a nation. The charming Evita became a skilled public speaker that fitted perfectly with politics in Argentina. Just imagine

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

with the charisma of

Princess Diana Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her ac ...

, elevated by

Joseph Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 19 ...

's propaganda machine as the indisputable Spiritual Leader of the Nation. The documentary appears to be fair, perhaps the first biography on the subject that strives to be balanced. ''Evita'' was screened at the

, in

, on November 4, 2011. Sambaonyourfeetroda

* Leon Rozitchner's Window, (La Ventana de Leon Rozitchner, USA, 2008) Montes-Bradley maintained a personal and epistolary relationship with Leon Rozitcher that lasted over fifteen years. During all that time the philosopher, a disciple of

Merleau-Ponty Maurice Jean Jacques Merleau-Ponty. (; 14 March 1908 – 3 May 1961) was a French phenomenological philosopher, strongly influenced by Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. The constitution of meaning in human experience was his main interest an ...

, objected to the invitation to talk in front of the camera. That window suddenly opened one day when the director came to visit. (17'). Anecdotical documentary with philosopher León Rozitchner.* * The Unanimous Night, (USA, 2018). The public reappearance of Luis Harss arises from an interview with

Tomás Eloy Martínez Tomás Eloy Martínez (July 16, 1934January 31, 2010) was an Argentine journalist and writer. Life and work He was born on July 16, 1934 in San Miguel de Tucumán and is generally considered an influential and innovative figure in Latin America ...

published in

La Nación ''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal '' Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argentina. Its motto is: "''La Nac ...

in 2008. Shortly thereafter, Montes-Bradley begins a documentary dialogue in

Mercersburg Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, located near the southern border of Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital. Due to its location in a rural area, it had a relatively large percentage ...

. In ''The Unanimous Night'', Harss refers to a visit by

and the relationship between biographer and subject. (5'). * Dialogue and Moisture, (USA, 2018). A short film by Montes-Bradley serves as a trigger with which Luis Harss evokes the place of privilege that nostalgia occupies in his perpetual exile. (5') * Child of the Forest: The Story of Yona Bromberg. HFP, 2014. The film documents the memories of

Holocaust survivor Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies before and during World War II in Europe and North Africa. There is no universally accep ...

Yona Bromberg who recalls being herded -along with the rest of the Jews in Rokitno- to the market where the occupying German forces open machine-gun fire killing almost everyone. Yona Bromberg, her mother, and sister run for cover into the forest where they survived among other refugees until the arrival of the

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. "Child of the Forest:" was filmed in Hallandale. * American Manifesto

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short film premiered at

BAFICI The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI, es, Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) is an international festival of independent films organized each year in the month of April, in the city of ...

, 2005. Filmed in

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, during the winter of 1993. * '' Che: Rise & Fall''. DVD Release Date: July 13, 2006, by

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, German Release, 20007, Latin American premiered on

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. ''CHE: Rise and Fall'', follows on the trials and tribulations of

Ernesto Guevara Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted ...

in the words of old friends and comrades-in-arms. Includes the testimonies of Guevara's friend

Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Jiménez (August 8, 1922March 5, 2011) was an Argentine–Cuban biochemist, doctor, writer, and scientist. He was also the youthful friend and traveling companion of Che Guevara during their 1952 motorcycle tour in Latin Ame ...

, and members of his elite military entourage Alberto Castellanos,

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, Argudín Mendoza, Enrique "Pombo" Villegas. Locations:

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, Congo,

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. Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 * Samba On Your Feet USA , Brazil 2005. The documentary explores behind the scenes of

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Rio Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...

, revealing the preambles of the cultural clash leading to

Samba Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Havin ...

, an indigenous cultural tradition in Brazil. ''Samba On Your Feet'' includes archival material and interviews with iconic figures of Brazilian Carnival and Samba. "''Samba On Your Feet" '' was selected to participate at the Toulouse Latin American Film Festival 2008, Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2006,

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(BAFICI) 2007, and Toronto Latino Film Festival. The film is distributed by Filmmakers Library. Worldwide rights by

. The documentary gained the recognition of African American Studies.Morris, Giles. "Local Filmmaker takes on the civil rights struggle..." C-Ville Weekly, November 1, 2012, p. 18 * Ismael Viñas: Witness of a Century. Original title: ''Ismael Viñas: Testigo del siglo''. Film based on the memoirs and recollections of Ismael Viñas: legendary political figure, economist, founder of Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MALENA), former Undersecretary of Culture during the

Revolución Libertadora ''Revolución Libertadora'' (; ''Liberating Revolution'') was the coup d'état that ended the second presidential term of Juan Perón in Argentina, on 16 September 1955. Background President Perón was first elected in 1946. In 1949, a ...

. Viñas reappears in front of the camera after twenty-six years in self-imposed exile, first in Israel and finally in the US. During a series of conversations with Montes-Bradley in

Florida, USA Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to th ...

, Viñas reflects on his youth, on his brother

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, on his father, a well political character during the times of

Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (; 12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second ...

, and a Federal Judge in

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during the uprisings portrayed in

Rebellion in Patagonia ''Rebellion in Patagonia'' ( es, La Patagonia rebelde) is a 1974 Argentine drama-historical film directed by Héctor Olivera and starring Héctor Alterio, Luis Brandoni, José Soriano and Federico Luppi. It was written by Olivera with Osvaldo ...

in the early 1920s. Viñas also recalls his imprisonment during the

Peronist Peronism, also called justicialism,. The Justicialist Party is the main Peronist party in Argentina, it derives its name from the concept of social justice., name=, group= is an Argentine political movement based on the ideas and legacy of Ar ...

period and with particular emphasis his relationship with Ernesto

Che Guevara Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted ...

, and

Salvador Allende Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (, , ; 26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. He was the fir ...

amongst other figures of the period. The film was acclaimed and criticize by extremist elements on the right and particularly on the left where the Ismael Viñas portrayed in the documentary was perceived as betraying the

Marxist Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...

ideology he once embraced. Directed by Montes-Bradley as Diana Hunter. Premiered at the

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* The Great Pretender. Official Selection of the International Film Festival of Buenos Aires (

), 2007. Released in

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as "No a los papelones". Release in Argentina as ''El gran simulador''. The documentary presents Montes-Bradley's quest to find Nahuel Maciel, a journalist who fifteen years before fooled the press core by posing as a native from the

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nation in

. Disguised as Chief Nahuel the impostor sold alleged interviews with

Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one ...

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Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Ll ...

and others to prestigious local newspapers such as

El Cronista Comercial ''El Cronista'' (''Spanish: The Reporter'') is a daily business newspaper published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded by Martin Giménez Antonio and first published as ''El Cronista Comercial'' on November 1, 1908. In 1989 the name wa ...

. Nahuel Maciel later published a book with a bogus interview with the Colombian Nobel Prize preceded by a foreword by

Eduardo Galeano Eduardo Hughes Galeano (; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters" and "a literary giant of the Latin American left". Galean ...

. Montes-Bradley finally finds Maciel some 300 miles from

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

in a frontier town called Gualeguaychú where Maciel was working close to the leadership of a group of

environmentalists An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...

battling a paper-mill in the

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. The film is witty, provocative, and

politically incorrect ''Political correctness'' (adjectivally: ''politically correct''; commonly abbreviated ''PC'') is a term used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in socie ...

. ''El gran simulador'' was initially banned from theatres in Argentina for its politics, and it was effectively released in

(across the border) with good B.O. results. However, the film was shown as part of the Official Selection at (

), 2007. On the director's request the film did not participate "in competition" to avoid further turmoil. Two years later, in April 2008, ''El gran simulador'' was finally released in Argentina by Editorial Perfil, the opposition media conglomerate owned by Jorge Fontevecchia. HD , 75 min. 35 mm. * Crónicas Mexicas. The documentary follows in the footsteps of

Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (; ; 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of w ...

from the landing beaches of

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on the golf coast of Mexico, to

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, the ancient capital of the

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. Montes-Bradley (as Rita Clavel) teamed with

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who becomes the omnipresent protagonist of this journey through geography and time. Caparrós acute sense of irony becomes a permanent fixture throughout the film, provoking the audience into uncharted: the politically incorrect history of Latin America. * Tríptico Vertical, USA 1986. Not much is known about the nearly fifteen minutes film made with the

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. It was filmed in Buenos Aires after the return to democratic rule in 1983. Music by Julio Lacarra.

Experimental

* Frogments, (USA, 2000). Experimental work on images captured by

in 8 mm and verses by

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. The gestation of this short film was part of the dialogue between the director and Aurora Bernárdez during the investigation period that ended with Cortázar: notes form a documentary (2002) and Cortázar without a beard (

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, 2004). (3'). * Freedom, (USA, 1986). Experimental work based on images captured by Montes-Bradley in 8 mm in and around Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami in which the filmmaker highlights the marginal precariousness of those who survive in the streets of the most prosperous nation. In this short film, the United States emerges as a society with the same conflicts as developing countries. (3').

Fiction

(The KidNapping) Satire-

Farce Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity o ...

. El Sekuestro depicts an absurd revolutionary movement in Rio Hondo, a fictitious republic in Latin America. Bruno (Tobias Meincke) runs a

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to find partners for a kidnapping. Replying to the add are Carmen, street worker (Sandra Ballesteros), Mario (Adam Black) auto-worker, and Luis (Luis Fernández). The band kidnaps Renato Cefalú (Lázaro Pérez) and his wife (Alex Pertile) refuses to pay the ransom. Following the premiere at the

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. The film is a political farce taking on the events that marked Argentine life during the 1970s. It has been said that the plot is an excuse to mock the struggle of the guerrilla organizations that confronted the military regime led by

Jorge Rafael Videla Jorge Rafael Videla (; ; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and dictator, Commander in Chief of the Army, member of the Military Junta, and ''de facto'' President of Argentina from 29 March 1976 to 29 March 1981. H ...

. ''El SeKuestro'' was filmed in

South Beach South Beach, also nicknamed colloquially as SoBe, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located east of Miami between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The area encompasses Miami Beach south of Dade Boulevard. This area was the fi ...

in 1995. Thriller. Starring

, Beth Fisher, Scott Valentine, Jamie Horton,

and

Frederic Forrest Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. (born December 23, 1936) is an American actor. Forrest came to public attention for his performance in ''When the Legends Die'' (1972), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising N ...

. Edited by John Venzon. TriStar Columbia and Reivaj Films, 1992. The film did well with foreign distribution, particularly in the

straight to video Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, TV series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strategy was p ...

and cable markets. ''Double Obsession'' was shot on 35mm at the

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, a final transfer to video was later produced. Montes-Bradley hardly ever talks about this film written by himself in collaboration with Jeffrey Delman and Rick Marx. The film was initially referred to as ''Mirror Image''. Thriller, Film Noire. USA, 1992. Produced by Smoothtalker Productions. Story: "The woman who 976 numbers offer the men who call a world of erotic fantasy. But they never know who lurks on the other side of the line". Starring Blair (Lisa) Weikgenant as Lisa Charles, Peter Crombie as Jack Perdue,

as Lt. Gallagher,

Sidney Lassick Sydney Lassick (July 23, 1922 – April 12, 2003) was an American character actor perhaps best known for his role as Charlie Cheswick in the feature film ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest''. Lassick's fir ...

, Joe Guzaldo, Paul Raci as Peri and

. Edited by Sandra Adair. Executive Producer Javier Gracia. Original score by Tony Roman; Production Design by Brian Densmore. US Release: June 18, 1992

Music videos

Montes-Bradley directed music videos at odds with the dominant trends at a time in which ''MTV'' was still in the experimental stage. ''Rumbera'' (''trad.'' a woman who dances the

rumba The term rumba may refer to a variety of unrelated music styles. Originally, "rumba" was used as a synonym for "party" in northern Cuba, and by the late 19th century it was used to denote the complex of secular music styles known as Cuban rumba ...

), is a song by

Willy Chirino Willy Chirino (born April 5, 1947, in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a Cuban-American musician. Early life Following the communist revolution in Cuba, Chirino came to the United States in 1960 as part of Operation Peter Pan, ...

, (

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, 1994. "Rumbera", the

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based on Willy Chirino's song is a film extravaganza shot in the style of the neorealism with magic realism undertones. The seven-minute short was filmed in a single take, in the interior of a cabaret in

. The

Cameraman A camera operator, or depending on the context cameraman or camerawoman, is a professional operator of a film camera or video camera as part of a film crew. The term "cameraman" does not imply that a male is performing the task. In filmmaking ...

and

Director of Photography The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

was Scott Mumford. ''Rumbera'' opened the doors for other

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music videos to be regularly programmed in ''MTV Latino'', until then, exclusively reserved for Rock, Pop, and ballads from South American and

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bands and soloists. ''Rumbera'', was filmed in

and premiered in

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Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

during the

Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Latin American filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as ''Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana,'' and in English language, English as Int ...

, 1994. At the time, Willy Chirino just as

Olga Guillot Olga Guillot (October 9, 1922 – July 12, 2010) was a Cuban singer who was known as the "Queen of Bolero". She was a native of Santiago de Cuba. Biography Daughter of Catalan-Jewish immigrants who moved to Cuba, her father was a tailor and her ...

, and several other Cuban artists were blacklisted in their homeland.''Dale Pascual'' (

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) by the Argentine pop-group "Los enanitos verdes" was shot in

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in La Cava, 27 miles North of CABA. The song speaks of the hardships of the impoverished immigrants living in Argentina. La Cava provided the ideal setting, typical of neo-realism, a recurrent theme on Montes-Bradley's music videos, which emphasized the hard living conditions of the children in poverty. In the film, the director staged the crucifixion of a nude boy representing poverty. The image, of a large wooden cross laying against the walls of a public school, with the Argentine flag on a high mast in the background was censored in several countries. "Dale Pascual" was the last music video produced and directed by Montes-Bradley.

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Editori,

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, Italy, 2001, 164pp. Translated by Gina Maneri. Collection: ''Continente Desaparecido'', directed and coordinated by

Gianni Minà Gianni Minà (; Turin, 17 May 1938) is an Italian journalist, writer, magazine editor and television host. He has collaborated with both Italian and International newspapers and magazines; produced hundreds of reports for RAI (''Radiotelevisione ...

. The book summons a series of interviews including:

Ariel Dorfman Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American ...

Ana María Shua Ana María Shua (born 1951) is an Argentine writer. She is particularly well known for her work in Flash fiction, microfiction. Shua has published over eighty books in numerous genres including novels, short stories, flash fiction, microfiction, ...

Fernando Birri Fernando Birri (March 13, 1925 – December 27, 2017) was an Argentine film maker and theorist. He was considered by many to be the father of the new Latin American cinema. Biography Birri was born in Santa Fe, Argentina. After being involved in ...

Aida Bortnik ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 Decembe ...

Roberto Cossa Roberto Cossa (born November 30, 1934) is a prominent Argentinian playwright and theatre director. Life and work Roberto Cossa was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and raised in the quiet residential borough of Villa del Parque. He first acted i ...

, Liliana Hecker,

Federico Luppi Federico Luppi (; February 23, 1936 – October 20, 2017) was an Argentine-Spanish film, TV, radio and theatre actor. He won numerous awards throughout his acting career, including a Concha de Plata at the San Sebastian International Film Fest ...

, Hector Olivera, Nico Orengo, Dalmiro Saenz,

and others. One of the recurrent themes through the book is the idea of exile,

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, and the political turmoil in Argentina during the 1970s. The interviews were previously documented by the author in a documentary film on the same subject. There are also a few chapters, an introduction, and an epilogue by Montes-Bradley with a significant number of footnotes and references. The book also includes correspondence between Osvaldo Soriano and

Adolfo Bioy Casares Adolfo Bioy Casares (; 15 September 1914 – 8 March 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator. He was a friend and frequent collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges. He is the author of the Fan ...

, and

Juan Gelman Juan Gelman (3 May 1930 – 14 January 2014) was an Argentine poet. He published more than twenty books of poetry between 1956 and his death in early 2014. He was a naturalized citizen of Mexico, country where he arrived as a political exile of th ...

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. 199 pp. 23 cm. Foreword by

. Design by Oscar "Negro" Díaz. ''Senxo'', Selected Poems. Editorial Grupo Archivo de Comunicación, New York City, 1984. Foreword by Armando Tejada Gómez. Out of print.

Journalism

Montes-Bradley has contributed to the following publications:

El País ''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...

, Babelia, ''Les cinemas de la Amerique Latine'' by the ''Association Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine de Toulouse'' France; ''La Jornada'',

México Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

; the monthly review ''Latinoamérica e Tutto il Sud dell Mondo'', Italy; and in Argentina to the literary magazine ''Esperando a Godot''; the art-magazine ''Revista Lote'',

Venado Tuerto Venado Tuerto () (Spanish for ''One Eyed Deer'') is a city in the south-west of the , 322 km from the provincial capital. It has about 76,000 inhabitants (). History Venado Tuerto was founded on April 26, 1884 by Eduardo Casey, born in L ...

, Suplemento ''Radar'' published by ''Página/12'', ''El Amante de cine'', "Diario Perfil," "Revista Ñ" Clarin, ''Critica de Argentina''; and

. Montes-Bradley was a frequent collaborator with the literary blog "Nación Apache." His interventions in the media can be classified as a. In-depth articles on subjects as diverse as the life of

Dean Reed Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, director, and social activist who lived a great part of his adult life in South America and then in East Germany. Nicknamed the Red Elvis, Reed was ...

in the Soviet Union, and the aftermath of the

Battleship Potemkin '' Battleship Potemkin'' (russian: Бронено́сец «Потёмкин», ''Bronenosets Potyomkin''), sometimes rendered as ''Battleship Potyomkin'', is a 1925 Soviet silent drama film produced by Mosfilm. Directed and co-written by S ...

; b. Sudden and brief pieces on current affairs with a particular emphasis on domestic politics in Argentina. One of Montes-Bradley's bull's eyes of choice appears to be the National Institute of Cinematography (INCAA) a government institution repeatedly denounced for corruption, censorship and the discretionary handling of public resources. c. Letters to the Editor. In this, the most singular form of interventionism Montes-Bradley has written a considerable number of ''letters to the editors'' becoming a regular ''de facto'' columnist.

Photography

Montes-Bradley's photography has been recognized by the

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with the "Outstanding Public History Project Award" as part of the exhibit "The Mere Distinction of Colour" produced by

. His work appeared in ''

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'',

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

La Nacion LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

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, Diario Clarin other newspapers and magazines as well as commemorative books such as "Escenas de la memoria. La Casa Argentina en la voz de sus antiguos residentes", and "Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center 20th Anniversary". His portraits and filmed interviews with Research and Clinical Faculty are preserved at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, the University of Virginia under The Eduardo Montes-Bradley Photograph and Film Collection.

Awards and honors

* ''Alice: At Home With Alice Parker'' Grand Jury Prize, Mystic Film Festival, 2021 * Eduardo Montes-Bradley was awarded the title of Regent's Lecturer (2015–2016), by the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

University of California-Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

(UCLA). * ''A Soldier's Dream:'' Best Documentary International Historical and Military Films Festival,

2018; Best Feature Documentary Port Orchard Film Festival,

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, 2019 * ''The Mere Distinction of Colour'' Photo Exhibit at

: Outstanding Public History Project Award by the

(shared) * ''White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans'': Best Documentary, "White, a Season in the Life of John Borden Evans". Richmond International Film Festival.; Best Documentary Film 6th International Documentary Festival of

Awards, 2017 * ''

'': Jefferson Trust Award Shared with Soledad Liendo,

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and the

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* '' Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement'': Best Documentary Film 4th Annual Baltimore International Black Film Festival *''Samba on Your Feet'': Official Selection

International Film Festival, 2006; Official Selection Chicago Latino Film Festival, 2007; Official Selection

International Film Festival,

2007; Official Selection

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Latino Film Festival, 2007 * ''Tells of the Helmsman'': Best Documentary Silver Cóndor Award, 2002, Awarded by the

* '' Harto The Borges'': Official Selection 12e Rencontres Cinémas d'Amerique Latine.

, Mars 2000. *''Soriano'': Official Selection It's All True, International Documentary Film Festival.

, April 1999. Silver Cóndor Nominated.

Appearances in other media

*''Margaux Hemingway'' Bio-documentary on

produced for the series ''

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'' by

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. USA, 1996. *''Jorge Giannoni. NN, ése soy yo'' (NN, The One in the Picture Is Me). Documentary film by Gabriela Jaime on Jorge Giannoni Argentina, 2000. *''Derrumbe''. Guebel, Daniel (Fiction). Random House Mondadori, 2012. Eduardo Montes-Bradley is EMB, a fictional character. *''Mis escritores muertos''. Guebel, Daniel (Fiction). Random House Mondadori, 2012. Eduardo Montes-Bradley is EMB, a fictional character. * ''Zenitram''. A film by Luis Barone. Montes-Bradley plays the part of a physician in a surreal context. Argentina, 2010.International Movie Data Base
/ref> *''Man maste ju leva''. Actor. Directed by Margareta Vinterheden. Sweden, 1978.

References

External links

Notes

# Roca, Pilar ''Las vidas paralelas de Montes-Bradley'' Grupo Archivo de Comunicación. New York, 2010. University of Virginia Libraries; University of Virginia Library; UVa Librar

# Abos, Alvaro ''Xul Solar: Pintor del misterio.'' Sudamericana, 2004. p. 289 # Lindner, Franco ''Cooke: El heredero maldito de Perón: la biografía.'' Editorial Sudamericana, 2006 # Arnold, Jorge ''Revista de critica literaria latinoamericana.''. Latinoamericana Editores. # Nagy-Zekmi, Silvia ''Moros en la costa: Orientalismo en America Latina.'' Iberoamericana.p. 192. # Sebreli, Juan Jose''El tiempo de una vida: Autobiografía.'' Editorial Sudamericana, 2005 # "Reviews on Latin American and Chinese Art by Eduardo Montes-Bradley" Art and Wealt

# Bustos, Graciela ''Audiovisuales de combate:'' Acerca del Videoactivismo Contemporáneo. Published by Centro Cult. de España, Bs.As., 2006. p. 83 # Kriger, Clara / Spadaccini, Silvana ''Páginas de cine.'' Archivo General de la Nación, República Argentina, 2003. p. 103 # ''Tiempo de hoy.'' Published by Ediciones Tiempo, S.A., Spain, 2005. p. 84 # Mazzeo, Miguel / Ramb, Ana María ''Osvaldo Bayer: Miradas sobre su obra.'' C.C.C., ED. del Inst. Movilizador de Fondos Coo., 2003. p. 96 # Neifert, Agustin, ''Del papel al celuloide: Escritores argentinos en el cine.'' La Crujía Ediciones, 2003. pp. 48, 49, 54. # Di Benedetto, Antonio and Lebenglik, Fabian ''El Pentágono: Novela en forma de cuentos.'' Adriana Hidalgo Editores, 2005. p. 13 # Aguilar, Gonzalo Moisés ''Otros mundos: Ensayo sobre el nuevo cine argentino''. Santiago Arcos Editor, 2006. pp. 228, 130, 231. # Fernandez Naval, F.X. ''Respirar por el idioma'': (los Gallegos y Julio Cortázar). Contributor Emilia Veiga Torre. Editorial Corregidor, 2007. pp. 14, 38, 192 # ''Versants''. By Collegium Romanicum. Published by L'age d'homme, 2001. 262, 266. # Nelson Bayardo and José Pedro Rilla ''Carlos Gardel: A la luz de la historia''. Editorial Aguilar, 2000. p. 117 # María Gabriela Barbara, Cittadini. ''Vindicaciones del infinito''.Fundación Internacional Jorge Luis Borges, 2003. p. 38 # Neifert, Agustín. ''Del papel al celuloide'' Edition: illustrated. La Crujía Ediciones, 2003 # Mesa Gancedo, Daniel ''Avatares del personaje artificial en la novela Argentina de los 90''. America Latina Hy, 30, 2002, Ediciones

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. p. 168. # Neyret, Juan Pablo. ''Para textos bastan y sobran''. La conformación del espacio paratextual en Triste, solitario y final, de Osvaldo Soriano.

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. # Sainz Borgo, Karina. "Julio Cortázar: franquista en Buenos Aires, marxista en Estados Unidos y burgués en Cuba

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Mar del Plata Film Festival The Mar del Plata International Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata) is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature fest ...

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