Tropical Vulture
Tropical Vulture is a cross-generational project which highlights the artistic influences between George Kuchar, a Bay Area legend of independent filmmaking, and Mexican artist Miguel Calderón. Tropical Vulture is an experimental narrative video, co-directed by both artists, and blends Hollywood glamour and drama with an all-too-real life approach, which creates and inspires a counterpoint of unattainable desire against unbearable actuality. The video, shot on location in Acapulco, utilizes a “lo-fi” aesthetic and playful use of nonprofessional actors. Tropical Vulture is entrenched in corruption, tourism, and post-colonialism and it uses a loose narrative to create a portrait of a relationship between student and teacher.
Featured Crew
| Miguel Calderon | Director |
| Daniel Wade Gorrell | Director of Photography |
| Eamon Ore Giron | Sound |
| Allegra Cordero Montezolo | Producer |
| Santiago Martinez Vertíz | Producer |
| Vicky Franco | Producer |
| Moises Medina | Sound Assistant |
| Erik Wilson | Video Assist Operator |
| George Kuchar | Director |
