The Whisper of the Marimba
The marimba is the bridge between Africa and Latin America. The sound of the wooden xylophone connects the modern life on the Ecuadorian Pacific coast with its African roots. A story about the loss of memories and the attempt to rewrite history.
Cast
- Rosa Wila
- Benjamín Vanegas
- Family González Hurtado
The Whisper of the Marimba
Greta-Marie Becker
- Documentary
- Production Country / Year
- Germany 2020
- Language
- span. OF m. dt. UT
- Format
- Color, 79min
Discrete 5.1
- Original Title
- El Murmullo de la Marimba
Director & Crew
Greta-Marie Becker
Grew up in Germany and Ecuador. Studied theater, film and media studies, international development and gender studies in Vienna. Worked on various film productions. Studied direction at the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. Active as a director.
Filmography
| 2015 | Klangkunst | experimenteller Kurzdokumentarfilm | |
| 2020 | Discovering Hands | Kurzdokumentarfilm | |
| Mehr eine schöne Zeit | Kurzdokumentarfilm | ||
| El Murmullo de la Marimba | Dokumentarfilm | 2020 |
- Writer
- Greta-Marie Becker
- Director of Photography
- Chirstian Mario Löhr
- Editor
- Marisol Barrientos Lima
- Sound
- Camilo Colmenares
- Sound Designer
- Holger Buff
- Producer
- Greta-Marie Becker