El Velador
Altamura Films | Release Date: June 15, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
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Universal acclaim based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
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0
Negative:
0
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJul 25, 2012
The Mexican drug cartels have inspired countless films, but never one as final as Natalia Almada's documentary El Velador. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineNick SchagerJun 11, 2012
El Velador doesn't pass judgment or manipulate emotionally, instead choosing simply to consider the arduousness of survival in a land wracked by slaughter. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 13, 2012
Natalia Almada's eloquent documentary portrait of a sprawling graveyard in Culiacán, Mexico, in the northwestern state of Sinaloa. The rapidly expanding cemetery has become the burial ground of choice for the country's slain drug lords. Read full review
80
Time OutDavid FearJun 12, 2012
Filtering the fallout of Mexico's drug wars through the eyes of one stoic security guard, documentarian Natalia Almada (El General) avoids the head-on journalistic approach and emerges with something far more impressive: a piece of lyrical, sideways social reportage that still connects an astounding number of dots. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonJun 12, 2012
El Velador still sharply conveys what life is like in a traumatized nation. Read full review
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