The 27th “Reel” Latin American Film Festival
S T R E A M for F R E E  (Credentials needed)

 
 

Ciro y yo

 (Ciro and Me)
Director:  Miguel Salazar, Colombia, 2018
Length:  110 minutes

Pragda's info on the film:  https://pragda.com/film/ciro-and-me/

Watch this film between 10/16/2020 and 10/23/2020.
Access to the film will be available during this time period only.


Credentials needed

Post-screening discussion and Q&A session on Friday, October 23 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom.
led by Dr. Walter Rodríguez, University of Louisville

ASL Interpreting Services available


Ciro Galindo was born on August 29, 1952, in Colombia. Wherever he went, war always found him. His children were recruited by the armies of war; his family was repeatedly displaced; and his wife Anita, an indigenous woman, died of sadness. Foreign to the system, but a victim of the system, Ciro has led a heroic anonymous struggle to live life on his own terms.
After twenty years of friendship, I understood that Ciro’s life sums up the history of Colombia. He is a privileged on-site witness of a war that seems distant and confusing. Ciro and Me narrates Ciro’s journey to meet his past in a quest to rebuild his life and create a future for him and his son.
Like so many Colombians, Ciro is a survivor who after sixty years of fleeing the war, dreams of living in peace and dignity. Synopsis Taken from the Pragda Film Festival site.



Ciro Galindo nació el 29 de agosto de 1952 en Colombia. Adondequiera que fue la guerra siempre lo encontró. Sus niños fueron reclutados por los ejércitos de guerra; su familia fue repetidamente desplazada; y su esposa Anita, una mujer indígena, murió de pena. Ajeno al sistema, pero una víctima del mismo, Ciro ha batallado una lucha anónima heroica para poder vivir au vida en sus propios términos.
“Después de 20 años de amistad, entiendo que la vida de Ciro se resume como un modelo de la historia de Colombia. Él es un testigo privilegiado de una guerra que parece distante y confusa.” Ciro y yo narra el viaje de Ciro para conocer su pasado en una búsqueda para reconstruir su vida y crear un futuro para él y su hijo.
Como tantos colombianos , Ciro es un sobreviviente que después de 60 años de huir la guerra, sueña con vivir en paz y con dignidad.