CHAVELA

By Catherine GUND, Daresha KYI

LATIDO FILMS - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2017

Chavela's joyful, painful, musical and deeply spiritual journey to self-acceptance is the heart and soul of this documentary.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2017
Panorama
BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2017
Music
Stockholm IFF 2017
Documania
Ventana Sur 2017
Video Library
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Catherine GUND, Daresha KYI
    • Producer(s)
    • Catherine GUND (AUBIN PICTURES, INC.), Daresha KYI (AUBIN PICTURES, INC.)
    • Synopsis
    • Did Chavela really creep into women’s bedrooms like Ava Gadner late at night to steal them away from their husbands? Did she pack a pistol she sometimes shot off just for fun? Or have epic drinking binges with friends that started on Friday and ended the following Wednesday? Did she spend a year living with Frida Kahlo and having a passionate romance with her? Chavela's joyful, painful, musical and deeply spiritual journey to self-acceptance is the heart and soul of this documentary. An arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.