BIRDS OF PASSAGE  (Pájaros de verano) 

Colombia, Mexico, Denmark 

Winner of Knight Marimbas Award at the 36th Miami Film Festival, 

Colombia’s Academy Award Submission for Best Foreign Language Film 

A completely fresh take on the origins of the Colombian drug trade is told through the story of an indigenous Wayúu family. The “Birds of Passage”—drug runners—face the constant risk of violence and incarceration from the outsiders in Northern Colombia. The cultural differences between the Wayúu and the newcomers begin a brutal war. As greed, passion, and honor blend together over the decades, the family’s unity, their lives, and their ancestral traditions are at stake.  A true story, this visually striking film is as much a thriller as it is an anthropological study of the consequences of outside influences on indigenous 

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