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DocsBarcelona names Laura Plancarte’s Mexican Dream as Best Film
On May 11 DocsBarcelona presented the awards of its 27th edition. Organisers point out that this year the festival attracted a provisional balance of 7,000 spectators at its venues (the CCCB and the Renoir Floridablanca Cinemas), a near 60% hike on the 4,400 figure of 2023, and an increase in the daily average from 360 to 600 spectators. Filmin, the festivalonline window, will remain open for the next two weeks.....see more
The Guardian
Non Western review – heartfelt reflection on marriage and Native American identity
Thaddeus and Nanci, the subjects of Laura Plancarte’s intimate documentary, make for an idiosyncratic couple. While the bubbly Nanci has a natural, charismatic openness, Thaddeus is much more elusive and reserved. Still, their differences run deeper than a matter of contrasting personalities. Thaddeus, born into the Northern Cheyenne tribe, was removed from his Native American community at a young age. Meanwhile, Nanci, who is white, grew up on a Lakota reservation....see more
Variety
Mexico’s Laura Plancarte on Making Montana-Set Doc ‘Non Western’
One of the buzz films at Visions Du Reel, Mexican filmmaker Laura Plancarte’s Montana-set “Non Western” explores the romantic journey of Thaddeus, a Cheyenne native, and Nanci, a Caucasian, and the challenges their interracial union faces. Through them, Plancarte explores the chains of oppression that persist from one generation to another.Thaddeus and Nanci were all set to travel to Visions du Reel in Switzerland when the coronavirus pandemic scuttled those plans, said Plancarte...
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Cineuropa
VISIONS DU RÉEL 2020, Review: Non Western
In a way, Laura Plancarte’s lovely documentary Non Western [+] could be seen as yet another addition to the eternal will-they-won’t-they conundrum, as a man of Cheyenne origins and his Caucasian fiancée prepare for a traditional marriage ceremony – the first step towards assuming, among other things, very conservative gender roles.see more
Screendaily
REVIEWS ‘Non Western’: Visions du Réel Review
Assumptions about gender, culture, identity and the ways in which individuals heal their own psychic wounds all come into provocative focus in Non Western, the third feature by Mexican-born film-maker Laura Plancarte. Following on from Tierra Caliente and Hermanos/Siblings, both set in her home country, Plancarte here studies a couple trying to find happiness against the background of a traditional Native American culture.see more
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