(Tropical Vulture)

Content: Tropical Vulture is a cross-generational project which highlights the artistic influences between George Kuchar, a Bay Area legend of independent filmmaking, and Mexican artist Miguel Calderón. Tropical Vulture is an experimental narrative video, co-directed by both artists, and blends Hollywood glamour and drama with an all-too-real life approach, which creates and inspires a counterpoint of unattainable desire against unbearable actuality. The video, shot on location in Acapulco, utilizes a “lo-fi” aesthetic and playful use of nonprofessional actors. Tropical Vulture is entrenched in corruption, tourism, and post-colonialism and it uses a loose narrative to create a portrait of a relationship between student and teacher.

Countries:

Genres:

Crime,

Thriller,

Comedy

Runtime:

13 minutes

Directors:

Miguel Calderon

Actors:

Dean

Cecilia

Mauricio

Ellie

Sarah

Crews:

Director

Director of Photography

Sound

Producer

Producer