Pocho Álvarez

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Pocho Álvarez

Directing 72 December 23, 1953

Riobamba, Ecuador

César "Pocho" Álvarez is an ecuadorian documentary filmmaker with 30 years of experience. His documentaries cover social and cultural issues, like the struggle of indigenous commu…

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César "Pocho" Álvarez is an ecuadorian documentary filmmaker with 30 years of experience. His documentaries cover social and cultural issues, like the struggle of indigenous communities against the mining and oil companies in films such as Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico (2007) and A cielo Abierto, Derechos Minados (2009). Likewise, he has made portraits of characters such as Oswaldo Guayasamín and Raúl Castro in Luar Trocas (1987) and of Jorge Enrique Adoum in the film Jorgenrique (2010).

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  1. 2022
    Helena of Sarayaku

    Movie Editor

  2. 2021
    The Return

    Movie Story Consultant

  3. 2021
    Galápagos: Paraíso en Pérdida

    Movie Co-Director

  4. 2018
    Gartelmann la memoria

    Movie Director

  5. 2018
    Javier con i, Íntag

    Movie Director

  6. 2013
    Skin Pain

    Movie Director

  7. 2010
    Jorgenrique

    Movie Writer

  8. 2009
    Crude

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2009
  10. 2007
    Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico

    Movie Director