El Cabrero: el canto de la sierra
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El Cabrero: el canto de la sierra

8.3 / 10 1988NR Spanish
Documentary

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Documentary portrait of José Domínguez Muñoz, better known as "El Cabrero" (French for "the goatherd"), Spanish libertarian flamenco singer born in Aznalcóllar, province of Seville, in 1944 and filmed over two weeks in 1988 in Seville, Aznalcóllar, La Carbonería de Sevilla and Marinaleda, and in concert at a recital in Bayonne. Politically committed, El Cabrero defines himself as a libertarian. Since the 1970s, he has been close to the anarchist movement. For many years, he was a member of the anarcho-syndicalist Confédération Nationale du Travail.

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5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Martine Voyeux's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. El Cabrero: el canto de la sierra is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker