For one thing, “the” king momo ‘and’ queen of queens’ synthesize the festive spirit of a people from the human side and from his passion, devotion and surrender to the carnival, “said Maria Pia Quiroga, executive producer and researcher the documentary. On the other, “Alfonso El Torito Fontalvo-director of a troupe-embodies the importance of cultural heritage and sense of tradition, while Monica Lindo dancer and choreographer-enrichment represents innovation and the need to transmit Carnival to more young people to remain alive forever, “complements Quiroga, Colombian documentary some years working in Argentina.

Audiovisual, conducted between November 2007 and February 2008, recorded 25 hours in high definition in 18 days, while half the team conducting the filming of El Dorado “another documentary about Colombia-between Bogota, Boyaca, and Amazon. Where did the idea of making a documentary about the party Barranquilla?

I am Colombian, the original idea of making a documentary of the carnival was for many years when I met through my work in Cultural and subsequently in the Ministry of Culture. When I moved to Argentina I worked as a freelance documentary filmmaker for Animal Films, a producer who usually produces for this channel, with 10 ideas were submitted by special documentary on Colombia for Latin America and History were chosen two: the legend of El Dorado, which opened last year and the carnival.