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The History of Bolivian Cinema from 1904 to the Present Day |
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– Retrato de Personajes Históricos y de Actualidad, the country’s first film, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1913 | ||||
| – Luis Castillo makes Bolivia’s first full-length motion picture. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1923 | ||||
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One day after its release, Jose Maria Velasco Maidana’s Profecia del Lago (Prophecy of the Lake), Bolivia’s first fiction film is banned in La Paz because the plot revolves around an affair between a wealthy landowner and his Indian servant girl that is based on true events. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Italian director Pedro Sambarino establishes S.A. Bolivian Cinematografica. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1929 | ||||
| – The newly established Uranian Films release Wara Wara. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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– Kenneth Wasson founds the production company Bolivia Films, and hires documentary filmmaker Jorge Ruiz. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1949 | ||||
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– Donde Nació un Imperio, the country’s first colour film, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1952 | ||||
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– The Bolivian Instituto Cinematigrafico (ICB) is established, and managed by Waldo Cerruto. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1953 | ||||
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Vuelve Sebastiana (Augusto Roca, Jorge Ruiz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1959 | ||||
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La Vertiente (The Source) (Jorge Ruiz) [MUCH] [ADD] |
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| 1963 | ||||
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Revolución (Revolution) (Jorge Sanjines) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1965 | ||||
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Aysa! (Jorge Sanjines) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1966 | ||||
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Ukamau (And So It Is) (Jorge Sanjines) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1968 | ||||
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Crimen sin olvido (Jorge Mistral) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Mina Alaska (Jorge Ruiz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ukamau (Jorge Sanjines Aramayo) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1969 | ||||
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– Jorge Sanjinés Yawar Mallku (Blood of the Condor) is released. The film dramatises the sterilisation of Quechuan women by the American Peace Corps. Both Bolivian and American governments attempt to ban the film. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Bolivia 1969: Other Films of Note |
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Volver (To Return) (German Becker, Juan Pablo Donoso, Alberto Paciella, Jorge Ruiz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1970 | ||||
| – Jorge Sanjines latest film, The Ways of Death, is accidentally destroyed at the laboratory to which it is sent for processing. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1971 | ||||
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El Coraje del pueblo (The Courage of the People) (Jorge Sanjines) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1973 | ||||
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– Filmmaker Jorge Sanjines flees to Peru following the military coup in Bolivia, where he films El Enemigo principal (The Principal Enemy). [MORE] [ADD} |
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| 1976 | ||||
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– The Fundacion Cinemateca Boliviana is established in La Paz to preserve the country’s films. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The first Condor de Plata film festival takes place in La Paz. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Bolivia 1976: Other Films of Note |
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La Chaskañawi (Hugo Cuellar Urizar, Jorge Cuellar Urizar) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Chuquiago (Antonio Eguino) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Señores generales, Señores coroneles (Alfonso Gumucio) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1977 | ||||
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Llocsi Caimanta, fuera de aquí (Jorge Sanjines) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1978 | ||||
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– The Independent National Council of the Cinema is created. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1982 | ||||
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Mi socio (My Friend) (Paolo Agazzi) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1984 | ||||
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Amargo mar (Antonio Eguino) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Las Banderas del amanecer (Jorge Sanjines) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1985 | ||||
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Tinku (El Encuentro) (Juan Miranda) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1989 | ||||
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La Nación clandestine (Jorge Sanjines) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1991 | ||||
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Los Igualitarios (Juan Miranda) [MORE] [ADD] |
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