Pepe. Film screening with panel discussion
Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024
Time: 6:30 P.M.
Location: Teatro MAMM
Film screening and conversation after the projection
Pepe
Nelson Carlo De los Santos Arias / 2024 / Dominican Republic-Namibia-France-
Synopsis: Three hippos are taken from southwest Africa to Colombia, then abandoned after the death of their master. They survive, and Pepe is born. His brother kills the father and becomes the patriarch. Pepe confronts him, loses and is banished. On the Magdalena River, he discovers the ‘two-legged ones.’ He has strange encounters with them: a shadow, a log adrift, an entity from beyond the grave. His ghost narrates the story — serious and playful — of beings who died never knowing where they were.
After the Thursday, July 18 screening, Simón Vélez, Laura Cano, Juan David Mesa and Miguel Arbeláez, members of the film’s production team, will converse with Jennifer Argáez, director of DOC:CO.