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The Sense Of The Chords

  • Lakeside School 14050 1st Avenue Northeast Seattle, WA, 98125 United States (map)

*** This event is exclusive for students and school associates. ***

Una Porción Por Envase (One Serving Per Can) (Colombia, 15min. 2023)

Director: Miguel Otálora
Genre: Animation & Drama
Language: None

Synopsis: After running aground in the middle of the ocean, a couple -owners of a small family tuna company- has survived by eating only canned tuna. She hungers to be saved, sending rescue messages by empty tuna can. He wants her. His efforts to keep her at his side will become the vehicle of her freedom.

Sinopsis: Tras encallar en la mitad del mar, una pareja de náufragos -dueña de una pequeña empresa atunera- ha logrado sobrevivir alimentándose únicamente de atún. Ella solo sueña con la libertad y envía notas de rescate en las latas de atún. Él hará todo lo posible por mantenerla en su pequeña prisión. Es gracias a los esfuerzos de él por retenerla que al final ella encontrará el vehículo para escapar.

The Sense Of The Chords (La Esencia De Las Cuerdas) (El Salvador, 87 min. 2022)

Director: Marcela Zamora
Genre: Social Issues, Human Rights
Language: Spanish w/ English subtitles

Synopsis: For three years Marcela, the director, accompanied the lives of three teenagers who in their childhood received physical and psychological violence, which led them to seek refuge in the gang that dominates their neighborhood. Rival gangs. They end up in the prison for girls and adolescents, a place where the three meet and receive a music workshop, where for the first time they find meaning to their lives through the strings of the violin and the cello. This is a dissonant and harmonic journey.

Sinopsis: Durante tres años Marcela, la directora, acompañó la vida de tres adolescentes que en su infancia recibieron violencia física y psicológica, lo que los llevó a buscar refugio en la pandilla que dominaba su barrio. Pandillas rivales. Terminan en la prisión para niñas y adolescentes, lugar donde las tres se conocen y reciben un taller de música, donde por primera vez encuentran sentido a sus vidas a través de las cuerdas del violín y el violonchelo. Este es un viaje disonante y armónico.

*** This event is exclusive for students and school associates. ***

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