Marta Rodríguez
Biography
Marta Rodríguez is a pioneer of documentary film in Latin America and member of the New Latin American Cinema movement that emerged in 1968. She has positioned herself as the best and most important documentary maker in Colombia and Latin America during her artistic career of 50 years, with a filmography that boasts 18 award-winning documentaries at major film festivals.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Konzertbesucherin
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as herself
Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. First episode: the influences of Cahiers du cinéma, the New Wave, Italian neorealism. In Brazil, Cinema Novo draws inspiration from these models while drawing on the historical and cultural singularity of the country. The documentary was awarded the Prix Makhila d’or at the Festival de Biarritz, France.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Self
Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. Third episode: from the 1960s, France and Europe showed a real enthusiasm for Latin American cinema, but the latter remained hampered by numerous economic and political obstacles.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as herself
Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. Second episode, evoking the border between fiction and documentary. With his film Tire dié (1960), the Argentinian Fernando Birri proposed this manifesto: to create a realistic and critical national cinema, closer to society without falling into populism.