Film and Theatre

Al Amparo Del Cielo (Under the Sky Shelter)

Diego Acosta's black-and-white documentary follows the Chilean shepherd Don Cucho as he moves his flock through the Andes, with dazzling shots of the mountainous landscapes and rural life. Screening as part of this year's Open City Documentary Festival

A black and white image of a shepherd's face against a black background

Event Venue

Close-Up Cinema

Event Address

Close-Up Cinema, 97 Sclater Street, London E1 6HR

Date

09/09/2022 20:15 PM -09/09/2022 22:15 PM

Don Cucho sets out for new pastures, his herd in tow, as he does each year, and as his Andean predecessors have done for centuries before him. Under Diego Acosta’s observation, this well-established journey is injected with a new vitality. What would otherwise be mundane images of a seasonal ritual – the massed heads of livestock, the flow of water – take on a new otherworldly luminosity when captured on Acosta’s black-and-white 16mm film. From the expanse of the sky down to the furrows on fireside brows, every facet of the journey is captured with equal parts languid observation and nervy flickers of anxiety. Under the Sky Shelter is a pastoral journey that is deeply grounded in the materiality of its environment but that is not without a touch of rural eerie.

Followed by a Q&A with Diego Acosta

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