IN CINEMA
Wednesday, July 2nd at 7PM
TLACUILOS
(Central American Graffiti Movie)
Made You Look: H2O (Hip-Hop Odyssey)
Federico Peixoto Zamora, Central America, Mexico, and the US, 2019, 83 min.
TLACUILOS shows the reality of the Central American region documented and filmed for 20 years by its director, Federico Peixoto, who has toured these countries since the late 90s and up to the present, following the footsteps of the main artists of the scene. Its main character is “Chuck,” a Nicaraguan graffiti artist who emigrated to Costa Rica, triggering the graffiti scene in that country. Along with the other graffiti artists, “Chuck” achieved Central American integration years later through art and Hip Hop culture.
el salvador premiere
Panama premiere
bronx and manhattan premiere
Película-Documental sobre el arte del Grafitti en la región Centroamericana
Sinopsis: Tlacuilos, una película-documental que nos lleva a un viaje por toda la región centroamericana exponiendo la historia del arte del grafitti y a sus verdaderos protagonistas; los artistas, que con sus murales reflejan el contexto social, político y económico que viven, en una época marcada por procesos migratorios, guerras civiles y desigualdad social. Tlacuilos muestra un movimiento de Unión Centroamericana que nace a través del arte y del Hip Hop, utilizando una musicalización con varias producciones originales y videos musicales de artistas de la región, que forman parte de la banda sonora de la película.
TLACUILOS, «DEFINITIVE CHRONICLE OF GRAFFITI AND HIP HOP IN CENTRAL AMERICA», A PIONEERING EPIC TALE MADE BY THE COSTA RICAN FEDERICO PEIXOTO AND NARRATED BY THE PIONEERING GRAFFITI ARTISTS THEMSELVES.
"TLACUILOS" IN THE MAYAN EMPIRE ALLUDED TO THE MASTER SCULPTORS WHO CARVED THE CHRONICLES OF THEIR TIME WITH INSCRIPTIONS ON STONE CODICES THAT ENDURE ALMOST TWO MILLENNIA LATER. THE DOCUMENTARY TLACUILOS MADE HISTORY WITH A SIMULTANEOUS WORLD PREMIERE IN FIVE COUNTRIES OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN ISTHMUS IN 2019 ON THE CINÉPOLIS CINEMA CHAIN. ITS U.S.A. PREMIERE TOOK PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY IN JANUARY 2020 WITH BRONX WORLD FILM, A PIONEERING PLATFORM FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN AUTEUR CINEMA IN THIS COUNTRY. FILMED OVER TWENTY YEARS IN EIGHT COUNTRIES BY PEIXOTO, TLACUILOS CAPTURES IN HIGH RELIEF THE DISTINCTIVE STAMP THAT CENTRAL AMERICA IMPOSES ON THE GENRE. ITS VISUAL SIGNATURE HIGHLIGHTS THE LIVING CONNECTION WITH ANCIENT MAYAN ART, VISITING IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE ISTHMUS. A LONG TRADITION OF WORLD-CLASS STORYTELLING TAKES ITS PLACE IN THE RAPPERS' VERSES, WHICH REFLECT THE GRAVE INEQUALITIES, CATACLYSMS, CIVIL WARS AND EXODUS THAT MARK THEIR WORLD. INCIDENTAL MUSIC, MUCH OF IT ORIGINAL COMPOSITION FOR THE FILM, INVOKES THE INDIGENOUS, BUT IS SET AGAINST AN INTRIGUING TAPESTRY OF CONTEMPORARY GLOBALIST INFLUENCES. SPANISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCES WILL MARVEL AT SO MANY VARIANTS OF SPANISH IN SUCH A SMALL REGION. TLACUILOS, AN EIGHTY-THREE-MINUTE EPIC, FOCUSES ON A REGION AND A MOVEMENT THAT "IS ACHIEVING WHAT HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED POLITICALLY: CENTRAL AMERICAN INTEGRATION" (DJ FLAKO, GUATEMALA, 2012)
— WALTER KROCHMAL
DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD BRONX FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK
Federico Peixoto is a Costa Rican Filmmaker and video producer, has promoted the Hip Hop culture in Costa Rica and Central America since early 2000’s, a DJ and events organizer that was born in Berlin, Germany in 1978. Soon after returned to Costa Rica with his family. A Vinyl collectivist since he was a kid, played in punk bands during his teenage years. His filmmaking career started doing Sk8 videos and short films in the early 90’s. Producciones del Gafeto/Gafeto TV was created during the mid 90’s documenting different types of cultural expressions from Costa Rica underground scene, but it wasn’t until the year 2000 where it obtained the name inspired by the coffee plantains (Cafetos or “Gafetos”) which were surrounding his neighborhood. The first production: “Ticostylo”, was the first professional Sk8 video of the country.. In the following years Producciones del Gafeto got dedicated to investigate, document and support different types of urban culture manifestations, creating short films, Sk8 videos, documentaries and video clips and mini documentary with international artists like Ephniko (Colombia), Rxnde Akozta (Cuba), Cali P (Barbados), MC SHH (Mexico), Kemo the Blaxican (USA), Myka 9 (USA), Asheru (USA), DJ Lord (Public Enemy/Cypress Hill), Sean Paul among others.
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price
