Laura Varela sees things that others do not see, and as a documentary filmmaker, she shares her vision by exploring new styles in storytelling. She tells history with detail and force, and in her recent work, combines filmmaking with actual live art installations. “My work is about those things that I know were not right, [...]
AS LONG AS I REMEMBER: AMERICAN VETERANOS Friday, June 22nd 6:00pm – 7:30pm Military History Museum 3302 Canal @ Sampson FREE! Quantum Demographic History: Film night at the Military History Museum Friday June 22, 2012, 6:00p – 7:30. Free. Quantum Demographics: We are American History. Screening of the film: AS LONG AS I [...]
http://m.sacurrent.com/screens/film/war-stories-de-la-raza-1.1202686 The review this above link connects to was originally published 9/14/2011
http://www.newstaco.com/2011/10/04/latina-documentary-filmmaker-works-for-social-justice/ The above link is a recently e- published interview that touches on Laura Valera’s childhood and her film “As Long As I Remember: American Veteranos”.
Reprinted from the San Antonio Current 12/29/2010 by Callie Enlow Laura Varela As Long As I Remember: American Veteranos How big of a deal was Laura Varela’s documentary As Long As I Remember: American Veteranos? Big enough that at the time of writing this review, Varela was ’cross the ocean blue, screening the Vietnam-centered doc [...]
