Chavela

Chavela Vargas singing with guitar.

Chavela

Producer: Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi

Director: Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi

Year: 2017

Through its lyrical structure, Chavela takes viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing artist Chavela Vargas. Centered around never-before-seen interview footage of Chavela shot 20 years before her death in 2012, and guided by the stories in Chavela’s songs, the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.