Year
2009
country of production
Panama
credits
Alexandra Gelis
kind of work
Video Screening
Maria’s House / La Casa de María
Maria’s house is an experimental documentary using animation made with still photography showing the house of the teacher and politician Maria Uter in Panama City. Frame by frame, to go trough Maria’s house feels like going trough the pages of a book about the history of Panama. Talking with eloquence as she is teaching you, Maria let us know about her life imprinted in all her wall pictures, dolls, posters and stories and, at the same time she talks about the history of the city.
Time: 12′
Format: video
Screening:
– Encuentro de tres miradas en Panamá / Encounter of three views
Casa Gongora: casa de la Cultura del Artista Panameño. Panama City-Panama 2009
– Mompox International Film Festival.
Mompox, Colombia, 2009.