PLACIDO, THE BLOOD OF THE POET Purchasing Options:DVD Only Director: Jason Barrett

Director: Jason Barrett

CAPE VERDE AND LUXEMBOURG / 1997 / PORTUGUESE & FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES / 80 MIN

Moncef Genoud

AND BARBADOS / 1988 / ENGLISH / 84 MIN

PLACIDO, THE BLOOD OF THE POET Purchasing Options:DVD Only Director: Jason BarrettPLACIDO, THE BLOOD OF THE POET DIRECTED BY SERGIO GIRAL CUBA 1986 SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES 96 MIN SYNOPSIS Placido portraits the dramatic story of Gabriel de la Concepcio Valdes (Placido), a mulatto Cuban poet accused of leading a conspiracy against the Spanish colonial government. Preoccupied by the development of Afro Hispanic artist and craftsmen of the mid XIX century, Placido was executed after living a short and controversial life as a man