Filiberto

(Filiberto)
Freddie Marrero Alfonso | Documentary

2018 | 75 minutes | Venezuela, Puerto Rico

A biopic documentary about Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, a professional musician who abandons his trumpet and his family to live a clandestine, armed revolutionary life.

Synopsis

Filiberto is a feature-length biopic documentary about Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, a professional musician who abandons his trumpet and his family to live a clandestine, armed revolutionary life.

After becoming a strategic leader of groups notorious for their violent and dramatic acts to advance Puerto Rican independence, Ojeda Ríos turned into a mythical figure having different names for each circle of persons he interacted with. Filiberto draws upon personal interviews, as well as electronic wire-taps and photographic surveillance recordings of his underground life, to showcase counterpoint portrayals of the FBI's role in the hunt for Ojeda Ríos that ended in his controversial bloody death.

Reviews

"A well-produced educational piece about one of the most important figures in Puerto Rican history." — Fico Cangiano, CineXpress

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Main credits

Marrero Alfonso, Freddie (film director)
Marrero Alfonso, Freddie (film producer)
Marrero Alfonso, Freddie (screenwriter)
Figueroa, Ray (screenwriter)
Román Rivera, Tito (screenwriter)

Other credits

Cinematography, Leandro Fabrizi Ríos [ and 12 others]; editor, Tito Román Rivera; original music, Jerry Medina.


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Festivals

Havana Film Festival - Postproduction Coral Award
Ícaro Film Festival - Jury Special Mention
Havana Film Festival in New York - Best Documentary Award
Trieste Latin American Cinema Festival
Chicago Latino Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Freddie Marrero Alfonso

NATIONALITY: Venezuela, Puerto Rico

YEAR: 2018

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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