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'Chavela' is an American documentary film, directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi and released in 2017.[[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/chavela-berlin-2017-974898 "'Chavela': Film Review | Berlin 2017"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter', February 12, 2017.] The film is a portrait of Mexican singer and actress Chavela Vargas.[[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/movies/chavela-review.html "Review: Chavela Recalls the Life of the Ranchera Singer Chavela Vargas"]. 'The New York Times', October 3, 2017.]
The film premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival on February 9, 2017, in the Panorama Dokumente program.[[https://variety.com/2017/film/news/berlinale-2017-latido-acquires-chavela-berlin-film-festival-1201982736/ "Daresha Kyis Chavela Taken by Latido Films"]. 'Variety', February 9, 2017.] It was picked up for international distribution by Latido Films.[
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The film was a GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Documentary at the 29th GLAAD Media Awards.[[https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/netflix-tops-glaad-media-awards-nominations-171236 "Netflix Tops GLAAD Media Awards Nominations"]. 'Broadcasting & Cable', January 1, 2018.] The film was screened at the 2017 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary,[[http://playbackonline.ca/2017/06/06/rebels-on-pointe-takes-best-canadian-feature-at-inside-out/ "Rebels on Pointe takes best Canadian feature at Inside Out"]. 'Playback', June 6, 2017.] and at the 2018 Queer North Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice award for Best Women's Film.[[https://www.thesudburystar.com/2018/06/20/pinco-triangle-takes-three-queer-north-awards/wcm/1da01f53-a157-3adb-e1db-bb7c1f61a603 "pINCO Triangle takes three Queer North awards"]. 'Sudbury Star', June 20, 2018.] The film also won a Pink Dragon Audience Award for the best film at the 2017 Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival.
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