El Diablo de Cumana

  • John Dickinson
  • 1984
  • Venezuela
  • 26 minutes
  • Spanish
  • DR
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El diablo de Cumana is part of a series of six films: “Inhabitants of the Land of Grace” , on Caraibbean culture in Venezuela which focuses particularly on the city of Cumana, first Spanish colony in Latin America. On the representatives of this cultural tradition, a crossbreed between European, African and indigenous elements, is Luis del Valle Hurtado who, each year, has been ritually transforming himself into Satan for the last 30 years.

  • Production : John Dickinson
  • Distribution : Documentary Educational Resources (D.E.R.)
  • Editing : Carlos Gonzalez
  • Sound : Stefano Gramitto
  • Photography : Miquel Nazario