The Ballad of Oppenheimer Park

"…the film evokes the most shocking and poignant images one can imagine." - Jacques Mandelbaum, Le Monde

"Sepúlveda offers up an intimate group portrait that can be both heartbreaking and hilarious, focusing on a few lost souls banding together against the raw deal handed to their tribes. " - Jordan Mintze, The Hollywood Reporter

The Ballad of Oppenheimer Park is a film on the process followed by Harley Prosper, Janet Brown and Bear Raweater (First Nation exiles from Canadian reserves) as they make a movie within the confines of the park where they gather every day. Using their current life and their long history of oppression, their daily ritual of drinking together becomes a defiant celebration.

  • Title: The Ballad of Oppenheimer Park
  • Duration: 71
  • Screening format: DCP
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Spanish, French
  • Aspect ratio: 16:9
  • Sound: 5.1
  • Year: 2016
  • Production country: Mexico
  • Production companies: Fragua Cinematografía, Zensky Cine, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad
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  • CINEMA DU REEL INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, PARIS, FRANCE.
    Special Mention from the Intangible Heritage Award
  • RIVERA MAYA FILM FESTIVAL (RMFF), MÉXICO
    Kukulkan Prize (Best Feature at the Mexican Panorama Section)
  • SANTIAGO INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL FIDOCS
    Special Jury Award
  • MALAGA FILM FESTIVAL, SPAIN
    Biznaga de Plata. Best Documentary Award
  • INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL OF MEXICO CITY
    Special Mention
  • MEXICAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL ZANATE, COLIMA, MÉXICO
    Zanate Grand Jury Prize
  • MEXICAN ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
    Nominated for Best Feature Lenght Documentary Film
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MÉXICO
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION CARTAGENA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, COLOMBIA
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, DOXA
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION ÂNÛÛ-RÛ ÂBORO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, NEW CALEDONIA
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION VALDIVIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Director
Juan Manuel Sepúlveda
Producers
Isidore Bethel, Elsa Reyes, Juan Manuel Sepúlveda
Writers
Juan Manuel Sepúlveda, David Cunningham
Cinematography
Juan Manuel Sepúlveda
Editors
Isidore Bethel, León Felipe González, Juan Manuel Sepúlveda
Sound Designers
Jose Miguel Enríquez, Pablo Fernández
Cast
Harley Prosper, Marcus Raweater “Bear”, Janet Brown, Dave Young, Kimble , Lorn , Joe Chastis, Rosa Matilp