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El mar la mar

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El mar la mar
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Release date
  • February 11, 2017 (2017-02-11)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish

El mar la mar is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki.

Production

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The directors became interested in the subject after meeting a border guard near the Sonoran Desert. They were influenced by Jason De León's book The Land of Open Graves, about the lives and deaths of migrants who cross through the desert.[1] The film takes its name from a poem by Rafael Alberti.[2]

Release

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The film premiered on February 11, 2017, at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival,[3] where it won the Caligari Film Prize.[4]

Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 12 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.60/10.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Oltermann, Philip (February 15, 2017). "How to cross the US-Mexico border: making El Mar La Mar". The Guardian. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Kara, Selmin (2022). "Across the Sonorous Desert: Sounding Migration in El Mar la Mar". In Burgoyne, Robert; Bayrakdar, Deniz (eds.). Refugees and Migrants in Contemporary Film, Art and Media. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-9-463-72416-6.
  3. ^ "El mar la mar" (PDF). Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "Prizes of the Independent Juries". Berlin International Film Festival. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "El mar la mar". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
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