Los Zapaticos me Aprietan (1999)
- Country
- Cuba
How it feels
This short film shows sped-up footage of people's feet in different shoes, cut together with images of soldiers marching in boots. It uses a jazz soundtrack and documentary style to make a political point about society and authority.
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What happens
Los Zapaticos me Aprietan is a 1999 Cuban short film that uses documentary footage of people's shoes to convey a political message. The film was directed by Humberto Padrón. Padrón filmed the six-minute short while he was a student at Havana's Superior Institute of Arts (ISA), and intercuts sped-up shots of people's feet in various kinds of shoes with footage of soldiers marching in boots, alongside a jazz soundtrack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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