LitFilm 2024: Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez
Documentary, dir. by Justin Webber
U.S., 2015, 90 min
How did a boy from a tiny town on the Caribbean coast become a writer who won the hearts of millions? The answer lies in the incredible story of Gabriel García Márquez, the 1982 Nobel Prize winner in Literature. A law-school dropout and political journalist who grew up in poverty and violence in northern Colombia, Gabriel García Márquez became the writer of globally celebrated, critically acclaimed books Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. Known as “Gabo” in Latin America, García Márquez’s sensual, “magical” sensibility led him to the forefront of the political struggles of the 1970s and 1980s—including a pivotal and previously unknown role in negotiations between Cuban leader Fidel Castro and American President Bill Clinton. In addition to Clinton himself, Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez includes writer Juan Gabriel Vasquez; New Yorker correspondent Jon Lee Anderson; biographer Gerald Martin; literary agent Carmen Balcells; and siblings Aida and Jaime Garcia Marquez.
All screenings are free but require reservations. Times subject to change. For the full LitFilm roster, go here.
LitFilm: A BPL Film Festival About Writers is made possible with support from BPL’s Fund for the Humanities. BPL Presents programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Documentary, dir. by Justin Webber
U.S., 2015, 90 min
How did a boy from a tiny town on the Caribbean coast become a writer who won the hearts of millions? The answer lies in the incredible story of Gabriel García Márquez, the 1982 Nobel Prize winner in Literature. A law-school dropout and political journalist who grew up in poverty and violence in northern Colombia, Gabriel García Márquez became the writer of globally celebrated, critically acclaimed books Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. Known as “Gabo” in Latin America, García Márquez’s sensual, “magical” sensibility led him to the forefront of the political struggles of the 1970s and 1980s—including a pivotal and previously unknown role in negotiations between Cuban leader Fidel Castro and American President Bill Clinton. In addition to Clinton himself, Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez includes writer Juan Gabriel Vasquez; New Yorker correspondent Jon Lee Anderson; biographer Gerald Martin; literary agent Carmen Balcells; and siblings Aida and Jaime Garcia Marquez.
All screenings are free but require reservations. Times subject to change. For the full LitFilm roster, go here.
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