Pocha's Dream
In 2005, Pocha Lamadrid requested that the music of her community be recorded. Today, twenty years after Negro Che, that promise is fulfilled. A documentary about Afro-Argentine identity, memory, and resistance.
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Alberto MasliahDirectorSchafhaus, El Sonido de los Tulipanes, Negro Che, Literal
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Alberto MasliahWriterSchafhaus, El Sonido de los Tulipanes, Negro Che, Literal
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José Daniel ChocrónProducer
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Pocha LamadridKey Cast
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Sebastián DelgadinoKey Cast
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Domingo DelgadinoKey Cast
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Carmen YanoneKey Cast
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Mariano Agustín FernándezKey Cast
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Miriam GomesKey Cast
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Oscar VegaKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):El Sueño de Pocha
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:1 hour 20 minutes
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Completion Date:May 18, 2026
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Production Budget:350,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Argentina
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Country of Filming:Argentina
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Language:Spanish
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Shooting Format:Digital, 24fps, 2K DCP, 5.1
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Aspect Ratio:1:85:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Digital Cinema Package:Unavailable
Alberto Masliah is an Argentine-Spanish director, producer, and professor. He holds a degree in Image and Sound Design from the University of Buenos Aires, where he has been a professor since 1995. He founded Sombracine SRL in 2007. He has directed nine feature films—four fiction and five documentaries—with a strong social focus and a commitment to Afro-descendant identities in Latin America. As a director and producer, he has participated in international film festivals and markets. Two of his documentaries have been declared of Social and Cultural Interest by the City of Buenos Aires.
Pocha knew this film would be made. I promised her. But she didn't live to see it. Twenty years have passed since that promise, and this film is, finally, its fulfilment. Returning to the same community, the same faces, the same unfinished struggle, I understood that memory, when it takes the form of music, refuses to die.