Aqui: The Cock Fight

Date1983

Can DescriptionsX2578; The Cock Fight

AbstractAqui; The Cock-Fight; Viewer alert: animals fight in an arena while crowds of people look on; The environment of a cock-fighting gallery are observed: men and young boys playing table games, betting, and chatting while they wait for the match to begin; a voice-over provides contextual history of cock-fighting, and includes historical images from drawings and craft arts; preparation of the cocks is glimpsed; the rituals of the event are observed; black screen breaks; a Sunday in San Juan is observed; domino games and cock-fighting is part of the day; slow motion, very close views of a fight are part of this report; after a match the birds are washed and returned to their owners;

OtherIn the studio Gabriel Garcia, Celenia Z. Melendez, Paula Lyons, Dick Dunham, Ellen Boyce, Alan Pratt, Doug Devitt, George Ellard, Billy Cobham, Pat Metheney, Carlos Santana, Susy Suranyi, Mercedes A. Rodman, Donna Latson-Gittens, Paul LaCamera, A.Gus Pantel;