El Father Plays Himself with Mo Scarpelli

In this episode, we feature a conversation with Italian - American Filmmaker, Mo Scarpelli about her most recent feature documentary, El Father Plays Himself. El Father Plays Himself is a dual character study of a father and son relationship. The film follows Venezuelan director, Jorge Armand, as he returns to Venezuela to make a fiction film about the troubled past of his father in the illegal goldmines of the Amazonian jungle.The film premiered this year at Visions du Reel, winning a special mention by the jury in the Best International Feature Competition. It will be screening next at the Krakow Film Festival from May 31 - June 6th. It is an incredibly intense and powerful film often described by critics as riveting, sensitive, compelling and provocative. It has already been named one of the best films of 2020 by Criterion Cast. For show notes, visit docsinorbit.com and be sure to follow us on social media @docsinorbit