CHAVELA

Name: Chavela
Genre: Biography
Released: 2017
Cast: Eugenia León, Jesusa Rodríguez, Tania Libertad, Marcela Rodríguez, Jose Alfredo Jimenez Jr.

The life of pioneering singer Chavela Vargas, from her birth in Costa Rica in 1919 to her death in Mexico in 2012. Inspired by an exclusive interview and performance footage of Chavela Vargas shot in 1991 and guided by her unique voice, the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.