Film Screening: The Two Escobars

Colombia-U.S./2010/Spanish+English/Color and b&w/100 min. Sponsored by AMBULANTE traveling documentaries
Conversation with Michael Zimbalist, director • Refreshments

May 4, 2011
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Hojel Hall of the Americas Auditorium, Institute of the Americas
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Synopsis: While the narco cartels were fighting on the streets of Colombia and the murder rate was becoming the highest in the world, the national soccer team made a startling ascend thanks to two men with the last name of Escobar: Andres, the team’s captain, and Pablo, the head of the narcotraffickers who started the phenomenon called “narco-soccer.” When Colombia was expected to win the World Cup 1994 and clean-up its international image, the murder of Andrea crushes the country’s hope. Read more

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