Still Burn

synopsis

Alfredo Ovando Candia was a military general who served as co-president of Bolivia from 1965–66 (and again from 1969–70) after overthrowing President Víctor Paz Estenssoro. His political and military service connect him to the largest massacre of workers in the country's history, as well as the military campaign in which Che Guevara was found and killed. Incorporating archival footage from Ovando's de facto administration, home movies, and interviews with relatives, filmmaker-grandson Mauricio Alfredo Ovando's debut feature studies the many profiles of his grandfather to juxtapose his family's fond memories with the harsh official history.