GAUCHO GAUCHO is a documentary film about an ensemble of iconic gauchos living beyond the boundaries of the modern world. It weaves together a mosaic of tales about gauchos confronting the fragility of their world in the face of unprecedented change. The stories follow the lives of men and women of different ages, backgrounds, and talents who are all connected in their fight to remain free.
A gaucho is a South American cowboy. They travel on horseback, accompanied by their dogs as they move their cattle through landscapes of staggering beauty. The handmade clothing they wear, woolen ponchos, bombacha trousers, and boina hats, are signs to the outside world that they will remain forever free, unshackled by the boundaries and bindings of the modern world.
They are a community suspended in time, floating between the past and present, dream and reality. Their identity is a convergence of mythologies forged in a land that has refused to cede its wild soul. Their forebears were the rebels that took up arms to fight for freedom against the Spanish. Today, they remain outsiders, the renegades holding the line against an invasion of modernity that seeks to replace the bonds of community and connection with the sterile sameness that has swept across the globe.
YEAR 2024
CATEGORY Feature
COUNTRY U.S.A./Argentina
RUN TIME 84 min
LANGUAGE Spanish
SUBTITLES English subtitles
Credits
Directors: Michael Dweck / Gregory Kershaw
Producers: Michael Dweck / Gregory Kershaw / Cameron O'Reilly / Christos V. Konstantakopoulos / Matthew Perniciaro
Executive Producers: Jenny Raskin / Geralyn White Dreyfous / Emily Bock / Laszlo Bock / Marni Grossman / Adam Lewis / Melony Lewis / Meadow Fund / Regina K. Scully / Nathalie Seaver / Jake Stern / Jim Swartz / Susan Swartz / Grazka Taylor / Jamie Wolf
Associate Producer: Cecilia Luppi Dweck
Editor: Gabriel Rhodes
Guada and Tati, 2024
Medium: Archival pigment print
Signed, dated and numbered
Size: 13h x 27w
Edition: 1/50
Also available in 19h x 40w
Michael & Gregory curated a selection of their favorite images from the film to be presented as a gallery show.
A portion of the sale of the film stills will be donated to impact programs Michael & Gregory have established in the Salta region. The impact programs focus on water availability and purity as well as the general needs of the community they filmed. These philanthropic initiatives reflect the filmmakers' dedication to making a positive impact on the region that served as the backdrop for their evocative documentary.
These film stills can be purchased directly through Gaucho Gaucho Productions or through the Utah Film Commission for a tax deductible contribution. Please contact us if you are interested in seeing the entire collection of film stills and/or purchasing any.
Solano and Jony Braiding, 2024
Medium: Archival pigment print
Signed, dated and numbered
Size: 13h x 27w
Edition: 1/50
Also available in 19h x 40w
Michael & Gregory curated a selection of their favorite images from the film to be presented as a gallery show.
A portion of the sale of the film stills will be donated to impact programs Michael & Gregory have established in the Salta region. The impact programs focus on water availability and purity as well as the general needs of the community they filmed. These philanthropic initiatives reflect the filmmakers' dedication to making a positive impact on the region that served as the backdrop for their evocative documentary.
These film stills can be purchased directly through Gaucho Gaucho Productions or through the Utah Film Commission for a tax deductible contribution. Please contact us if you are interested in seeing the entire collection of film stills and/or purchasing any.
On the latest episode of "Screen Talk," Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio recap the Utah Sundance Film Festival and assess the life ahead for docs.
Following the film’s debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, we spoke over Zoom to the award winning filmmakers about their process, their patience, and how these images were brought to the big screen.
Host, Nicolas Rapold with Manohla Dargis, chief film critic of The New York Times, and the inimitable Amy Taubin discuss the role of Sundance, what felt different about this year’s edition (and what didn’t), and the question of story. They also discuss a number of films.
Presentation of Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw's Gaucho Gaucho at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival - The Egyptian theatre.
Presentation and post-screening Q&A with cast.
Matt Carey, Deadline Documentary Editor, interviews Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw during Sundance Film Festival 2024.