"[The film] captures how Chavela’s life was defined by both music and by silence (…) it unfolds like one of Chavela’s songs, rising and waning with each verse.”

Bini Yamin, #DirectedbyWomen

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"Chavela is a tender and loving exploration of the life of a monumental figure in music history."

- Virginia DeBolt, Old Ain't Dead

AdminApril 15, 2019Comment

"Ningún momento te deja de deslumbrar, incluso hasta el final cuando muchos creen que está muerta y ella sigue más viva que nunca, ... esta película es eso: Vida."

-Ma. Ignacia Barja, Cinemaboutique

AdminMarch 27, 2019Comment

"La película tiene una magia especial (….) La permanente presencia de la música … envuelve al espectador como si se tratara de un ritual de enamoramiento."

-Antonio Moreno, Diás Temáticos

AdminMarch 27, 2019Comment

"Los testimonios de las personas que estuvieron más cerca de su vida emocional y profesional …. dejan claro que Chavela no era una persona sino una fuerza de la naturaleza.”

-Mauricio Reina, El Tiempo

AdminMarch 27, 2019Comment

"El registro visual es bellísimo, pero fuera de ello ofrece una visión entre dolor y alegría, matizada, de la vida de Chavela Vargas del que todos deberíamos estar hablando."

-Mónica Alvarez, Ibero909.fm

AdminMarch 27, 2019Comment

“As I sat in the darkness of that room … frente a la pantalla me di cuenta que Chavelita y yo eramos una sola. I felt as if I sat in front of a mirror, looking at myself...”

- Vianney Casas, The Rumpus

AdminMarch 26, 2019Comment

"Dueña de una voz en la que predominaba la fogosidad, la interpretación desesperada y el desgarramiento del corazón, tanto del suyo como el del público que la escuchaba.”

- Fernando Fernández, Las 2 Orillas

AdminMarch 26, 2019Comment

"Towards the end of her life, Chavela would say she wanted to die on stage, but on the contrary, it has granted her immortality."

-Jacob Seferian, Alt Citizen

AdminJune 6, 2018 Comment

“Chavela’s voice and her singular magic transcends space and time..."

wrenching our souls, tapping into our deepest grief, and our most radiant immortalizing love. She was a badass butch who lived for nearly a century, firmly weaving her own story into the ancestral lines of Latin folks, queers, and women from across the generations who are living today.”- Catherine Gund, Laura Berger, Women and Hollywood

AdminJune 6, 2018 Comment

"Las cosas increíbles de la cantante mexicana Chavela Vargas, su ejemplo..."

", motivaron a las cineastas Chatherine Gund y Daresha Kyi, a realizar el documental más completo sobre la vida de la controvertida artista..." - Enfoque Cubano La Columbia

AdminJanuary 2, 2018Comment

"Chavela feels as musical as its subject, an aesthetic..."

"....composition as much as a biographical document." - David Alm, Forbes

AdminOctober 30, 2017Comment

"Chavela’s music does transcend words, and it’s great that the documentary features many of her performances...."

"...But it is the intensity of the spoken language that conveys how much she was adored by so many." - Chloe Walker, Film Inquiry

AdminOctober 6, 2017Comment

"The film is an important exploration of a ground-breaking artist with a lot of charm...for those that are looking for a good cry, a little wisdom, or a new icon."

"Singer and queer icon, Chavela Vargas and her unique perspective on the world is remembered and celebrated in this thoughtful documentary...The result is a lyrical film so evidently crafted with love that it’s impossible not to fall hard for Chavela and its subject." - Maria Cabrera, Gal-Dem.com

AdminJuly 25, 2017Comment

"Such a radiant star that so deserves this profile which will introduce her music to another generation to fall in love with."

"This engrossing documentary by Catherine Gund, and Daresha Kyi has a wealth of archival footage, including a very revealing interview with Chavela recorded in 1992. It was however the liberal use of clips of her performing through various parts of her life and career that really captured the true essence of why this legendary singer was so adored." - QueerGuru

AdminJune 6, 2017Comment

Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi’s Chavela Vargas Doc Acquired by Music Box Films

Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi’s award-winning Chavela Vargas documentary has found a home. Music Box Films has acquired the U.S. rights to “Chavela” and is planning a theatrical release for October. - Women and Hollywood/Variety

AdminMay 3, 2017Comment

"Chavela, la más macha de todos los machos"

- El Espectador

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"How does one pay a cinematographic tribute to an icon such as Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, who embodies utter simplicity and utmost complexity at the same time? This is what filmmakers Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi achieved with their documentary Chavela, a moving and thought-provoking portrait of the enigmatic singer who helped change the way we see ranchera music and who redefined what it means to be a female singer in the macho world of Mexico."

from Pair successfully directs "Chavela," the story of an idiosyncratic star - Latin Lover

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