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el jardin EL GENERAL is a co-production of ALTAMURA FILMS and the INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE (ITVS) in association with LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING (LPB),
with funding provided by the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB), and AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY | P.O.V. Additional support provided by the SUNDANCE
INSTITUTE DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM, the CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION, NYSCA, the MEDIA ARTS FELLOWSHIPS: A PROGRAM OF TRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE, the JEROME FOUNDATION, BECA GUCCI-AMBULANTE, NALIP, the MACDOWELL COLONY and WOMEN MAKE MOVIES.

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La Jornada
El General, diálogo entre pasado y presente con elementos como el ambulantaje y las elecciones
Emeequis
El General, un documental sobre Plutarco Elías Calles que no trata de él
IDA
Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Filmmaker Award, Transcending Borders: Natalia Almada
El País
La sombra del General Calles
ICO
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El recuerdo y la memoria se entrelazan
Filmmaker Magazine Online
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La Opinión Farándula
Memoria habla en "El General"
Farenheit article. La Jornada – Cine
El General
Farenheit article. La Jornada – Perfil
Una familia y un país viven bajo la sombra del pasado
Documentary Magazine. Winter 2009
El General por Natalia Almada
Reforma. Cultura, 11 Enero, 2008
Destaca Whitney trabajo de Almada
The 53rd Robert Flaherty Film Seminar 2007
South of the other
Creative Capital, 2005
Artist's Profile
Tiempos. Arte y Cultura, 5 Mayo 2005
Retrato de la sinergia de dos culturas

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SCREENINGS

FESTIVALS
Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection, Documentary Competition 2009, *U.S. Documentary Award-Best Director
Guadalajara Film Festival
12th Cine Las Americas, Austin Texas, *Audience Award, *Best Documentary Feature
Los Angeles International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Encuentros del Otro Cine
SANFIC, Santiago de Chile, August, 2009, *Special Mention
LATIN BEAT, 2009, Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
Montreal World Film Festival, August 27 to September 6, 2009
Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón, España, Non-fiction competition
ICA, Boston, Nov. 1 and Nov. 28
Dok Leipzig, Alemania, 26 October - 1 November 2009, International Program
New Directions in Documentary, Film Festival & Symposium, Wellesley College, CT, October 19-25, 2009
Films from the South, Oslo, Norway, Monday October 12 - Friday October 16th
Morelia International Film Festival, Mexico. Oct. 3-10. Special Screening.
IO, Isabella International Film Week, Italy, August 2009
Jornada de Antropología Visual
VI Muestra Internacional de Mujeres en el Cine y la TV, Clausura. Dec. 5th, 2009
Cinema Parallèle, Montreal, Canada, December 2009
31 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Habana, Cuba. Dec. 3-13, 2009. *Premio Coral
Göteborg International Film Festival, January 29 - February 8, 2010
Ambulante, Cine Documental Itinerante, 2010 (México)
Cinema South Festival, Israel. May 30 – June 6, 2010.
BAFICI 7 – 18, Abril 2010
Tekfestival, Rome, 6-11 May 2010
School of Visual Arts, New York. Lecture March 18, 2010
Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, March 26, 2010 Q&A with director
San Diego Latino Film Festival, March 11-21, 2010
Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Milan 8-14, March 2010
Trondheim International Film Festival, Norway 11-16, March 2010
Cine Mexico University of Arizona, Hanson Film Institute, March 4 2010. Q&A with director

PREMIERE BROADCAST ON P.O.V.
July 20th, 2010
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THEATRICAL RELEASE, MEXICO, 2012 - 2013
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FUNDING AND SUPPORT

Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB)
Corporation for public broadcasting (CPB)
American Documentary | P.O.V.
Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program
Creative Capital Foundation, NYSCA
The Media Arts Fellowships: A program of Tribeca Film Institute
The Jerome Foundation
Beca Gucci-Ambulante
Macdowell Colony
Women Make Movies


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