Director: Lourdes Portillo
Participants: Ofelia Almeida, Oscar Ruiz Almeida, Jesus de la Torre, Luz Ruiz De La Torre
Mexico, USA, 1994, 87', DCP, color
Spanish, English with Turkish subtitles
The documentary by Lourdes Portillo begins when Portillo receives the news of her uncle Oscar's death, which is first ruled a heart attack and then suicide. Portillo travels to her hometown of Chihuahua, Mexico, to uncover the truth about her uncle's death. Through interviews with Oscar's friends and family, he unveils previously unknown details about his uncle and offers a personal and complex picture of his uncle's life and death.
The Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo was founded in 1972 as the first Academy of Fine Arts in Bosnia and Herzegovina and became one of the forerunners in Bosnian contemporary art. Academy continued its operation throughout the war years (1992-1995) in besieged Sarajevo and participated in important international art projects.
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