Alejandro Legaspi Trailers
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Born in Uruguay in 1948. In 1967 he studied painting at the School of Fine Arts. The following year he joined the Cinematheque del Tercer Mundo and collaborated as a cameraman on the documentary: The Flag We Raise and as an editor in A measles epidemic. In 1974 he emigrated to Peru where he formed the production company Marcha and devoted himself to making documentaries, among which the following stood out: And it remains silent and Hit that drawer. In 1979, in Nicaragua, he participated in Victoria de un pueblo en armas (documentary) and in the fiction feature Insurrección by Peter Lilienthal. He was also an advisor to the Nicaraguan Film Institute. In 1982 -with Stefan Kaspar, Fernando Espinoza, María Barea, Fernando Barreto- he formed the Grupo Chaski film collective in Lima. He worked as a cameraman, editor and director of documentaries such as Miss Universe in Peru, Peru ni leche ni gloria, Paths of liberation, Encounter of little men, Margot the circus, Crisanto el haitiano and co-directed feature films such as Gregorio (1984) and Juliana ( 1989). In the 90s he directed documentaries and fiction short films for the production company Verde Luna. Later, he directed the documentary Tiempo de memoria (2005), Dreams far away (2007), Otto Brun's The Haphazard Path of Faith (2012) and the fictional feature film The Last News (2014); among others. At the same time, he has served as a professor at the Catholic University of Peru and the Charles Chaplin Institute in courses on: filmmaking, journalistic documentary and photography direction. He, likewise, has been on two occasions a jury at the Havana Film Festival and a jury at the contest for film projects in Colombia, Uruguay and Peru.
Most Popular Alejandro Legaspi Trailers
Total trailers found: 21
09 August 2015
In a town in the southern Andes in Peru, a DJ from a local radio station decides to start a news report to share the stories from the victims of the Maoist guerrilla of the Shinning Path, as well as the brutal repression from the police and military forces during the Civil War that took place in the 80s and early 90s in the country.
30 December 1988
Juliana tells the story of a little girl who dresses like a boy to join a gang that her brother is in.
30 June 1982
A documentary which shows the struggle of many women surrounding the Miss Universe 1982 pageant hosted by Peru.
01 August 2007
In 1987, 'Negro', 11 years old, and 'Gringo', one year younger, worked together like so many other children at Lima's Wholesale Fruit Market.
01 January 1987
A sixty-year-old woman fights to survive and rescue her youthful dreams, bringing a circus show to the marginal towns of Peru… despite the bad conditions that entails.
01 January 1989
Peruvian by birth, Haitian by profession, Crisanto is a professional healer and trickster. He deceives the people who come to him, offering them false medicines against their ills.
01 January 1974
It is a documentary that shows the work of film workers in the different areas of distribution and exhibition that allow films to reach viewers.
23 October 1980
In Nicaragua, 1977, corruption and abuse of power are everyday occurrences under the Somoza family’s dictatorship.
04 July 1987
Documentary on child labor.
07 March 1985
Gregorio, a boy from the impoverished countryside of Peru emigrates to Lima, the capital city. Experiencing a cultural shock due to the chaotic nature of the city, he must challenge himself to learn Spanish, since his native tongue is Quechua, and survive in this whole prejudiced new world.
31 May 1998
Mary returns to Perú and her family with her previous film as a gift to her father, Lucho Jimenez, an eighty year old man with a lot of vitality.
01 January 1981
A carnation planted on the moon is banished for not to flourish. Once in exile, thanks to the care and affection of a child, the flowers bloom.
01 June 1971
A record of the founding act of the Frente Amplio political party in 1971.
08 January 2007
A documentary about the love for music and fascination for the sax in the central mountain range of Perú.
31 March 2005
Short film about "Yuyanapaq", the photo exhibition of the armed conflict in Peru, at Casa Riva Agüero, Chorrillos, Lima-Peru.
08 July 1987
Documentary on the impact of the monopoly in the milk business on small farmers in Peru
23 September 1974
A mudslide dammed the Mantaro River, flooding many farmlands and homes; the overflow and breach of the dam would cause a tragedy.
01 January 2013
After forty years of living in the Peruvian highlands, the Swiss priest Otto Brun offers us a sincere testimony in which he speaks of his marriage and his three daughters; of his pastoral work from the point of view of Liberation Theology and his conflicts with the hierarchy of the Church; of how to speak of God to those who have been "despised in their human condition"; of how haphazard his path of faith is.
07 August 2003
In the rainforest of Peru, there once stood a legendary and mysterious city called Paraíso. It was founded by survivors of an Andean earthquake who dreamed of building a future for their families.
30 June 1985
Documentary presenting the theory and application of the Theology of Liberation via interviews to priests from humble parishes in the slums of Lima.
