Pepe

Pure art cinema with the high concepts you'd expect like colonialism, patriarchy and violence, told in a mystical and philosophical way (from the point of view of a dead hippo). Even if you don't care about that though the visuals are remarkable and the hippo scenes, filmed by the director himself, are fascinating and adorable in spite of the danger posed to himself.

"Carlos de Los Santos is interested in moving away from the “Americanisation” of cinema which has been the “visual brain of the imperial world, influencing children from a very young age to read images and symbols in a particular way.” Instead, he is interested in creating a Caribbean cinema which places imagination in a political context: “I mean, how does a hippo speak? It is something that is full of imagination. I believe we need imagination in the political arena to imagine a world that does not yet exist – not just fantastical themes, but new forms of love, of feelings.” "

- Nelson Carlos de Los Santos Arias