Christine Folch

Honoring Don Colá–the luthier of Cateura

Don Colá makes recycled instruments out of Asunción’s massive trash heap for the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura.

January 6, 2020 · Leave a comment

Ejercicios de Memoria–>Paz Encina’s film at the 2018 NC Latin American Film Festival

It’s through art that silenced stories get told. Paz Encina’s beautiful meditation on the disappearance of Agustín Goiburú, medical doctor and Paraguayan dissident.

October 27, 2018 · Leave a comment

The Unlikely Jazz Capital: Asunción

Hundreds of people sit on the street every week in the hottest jazz capital. New York? Rio? Paris? No. Asunción, Paraguay. Never in my life have I ever seen a … Continue reading

August 9, 2016 · 3 Comments