Festival teaser for Salero, directed by Mike Plunkett.
If you go back throw my blog you'll see I spent a lot of time in Bolivia working on a feature doc (untitled at the time). Well, the film is finished and starting to make the festival rounds. It premiered at IDFA (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) last fall, and now has two major US premiers. It will be making its West Coast premier at the San Francisco film festival and its east coast Premier at Full Frame! Below is a short write up from the San Francisco catalogue:
"Moises Chambi Yucra and his family stand at the crossroads of time. For generations, they have has made a humble living harvesting salt from Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat, but beneath Uyuni sit massive amounts of lithium, a mineral instrumental in powering smartphones and electric vehicles. With stunning cinematography that captures both the vibrancy and the solitude of the land and life, director Mike Plunkett captures the final days of an age-old way of life."
More info and screening dates @ www.salerofilm.com/
San Francisco International Film Festival 2016 April 21 - May 5
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2016 Durham, North Carolina April 7 - 10
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2015 November 19 - 28
Credits: Directed by MIKE PLUNKETT
Featuring MOISES CHAMBI YUCRA
Edited by ANDREW BLACKWELL and PAX WASSERMAN
Composer ADAM BRYANBAUM WILTZIE
Director of Photography ANDREW DAVID WATSON
Co-producers AARON RABIN and NOAH BLOCK-HARLEY
Executive Producers PHILIPP ENGELHORN, MICHAEL RAISLER and PAUL MEZEY
Produced by ANNA ROSE HOLMER, ANDREW GOLDMAN and MIKE PLUNKETT
SUPPORTED BY:
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation San Francisco Film Society Documentary Film Fund
New York State Council on the Arts
Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund
Tribeca Film Institute
Independent Filmmaker Project Paley Center for Media in Association with Snagfilms