“Not only is Piura’s Sechura desert a magnificently cinematic landscape with its own vibrant culture, people, and history, it’s a place that has rarely been shown on screen,” says director Victor Checa of the setting of “Last of Kings.”įabrega’s 2011 “Agua Fría de Mar” won a Rotterdam Tiger Award. They’re also showing new vistas, literally, and proud to do so. Rae Witshore’s “Eating Papaw on the Seashore,” an 18-minute short, is the first Guyanese’ film to showcase same-sex intimacy between two men where kissing is captured on camera. Directors are also offering new viewpoints. Valenzuela is exploring “counter narratives,” she says. To tell the story of Nicaragua’s Contras, for example, in “Pantasma,” Gloria Carrión uses stop-motion animation, creating dry corn leaf small-scale replicas of places and figures, mixed with archival footage, video art and photos, sometimes projected onto the screen, “The Missing Picture”-style.” Peru’s “Libertines” is Kafka-esque fantasy drama, “Last of Kings” a futuristic vampire Western. Filmmakers, moreover, are bringing a much broader gamut of tools to explore that issue, led by genre and animation. “Amidst global concerns such as climate change, sustainability, peace and equality, one topic stands out for discussion: Identity,” says Zsuzsi Bánkuti, head of Open Doors. “I’ve become really interested in stories about women who regret having children,” says “Milky Way” director Paz Fábrega. Both “Libertines” and Costa Rica’s “Milky Way” question motherhood as woman’s natural destiny. In Jamaican Gibrey Allen’s “Raised by Goats,” as Jamaica battles for independence, a woman struggles towards freedom and self knowledge. Kill Your Masters” tells the history of Haiti’s 1791-1804 Revolution, but from the POV of Afro-Caribbean female Vodun empowerment. That could be said to varying degrees and multiple ways of the titles at Open Doors, all from smaller Latin American countries or the Caribbean. It’s like I had an out-of-body experience,” he recollected.īefore Von’s death, he and Quando Rondo were feuding.Questioning Cliches, Intertwining Narratives “I’m thinking these were some regular individuals,” Quando told Angela Yee in an interview. Quando Rondo had also called for his friend to be freed after he was officially charged with the rapper’s murder. Tim claimed that Von was the aggressor as he attempted to harm Quando Rondo, and he did what any friend in the world would do. The rapper claimed that he shot and killed Von after an aggressive fight broke out outside of a nightclub in Atlanta. In the meantime, Lul Tim continues to be out on bond following King Von’s shooting in late 2022. He’s currently awaiting trial for the offenses- failing to stop at a stop sign, speeding, following another automobile too closely, failure to obey traffic control devices, and fleeing or Attempting to elude a police officer for a felony offense. Last year, he was involved in a high-speed chase with police officers that led to several charges being laid against him. Lul Tim’s run-ins with the law are becoming constant, as this is his third arrest since the King Von incident. More details about the circumstances of his arrest are not immediately available, and reps for the rapper have been silent. The otherwise unknown rapper who is affiliated with King Von’s nemesis Quando Rondo is presently out on bond for King Von’s murder.Īccording to reports, Lul Tim was charged with possession of a Schedule I substance, possession of a Schedule II substance, and possession of marijuana. Leeks was arrested last week, and his mugshot and charge sheet has been leaked to the public. Timothy “Lul Tim” Leeks is being held on several illegal drug charges in Georgia. The man who was arrested for the murder of Chicago rapper King Von almost two years ago has had another run-in with the law.
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