Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Born	(1960-07-09) July 9, 1960 Córdoba, Argentina
Occupation	Documentarian
Years active	1979–present
Notable work	Julian Bond, Rita Dove, Evita
Relatives	Eduardo Bradley, Enrique Ferrarese
Website	www.montesbradley.com

Eduardo Montes-Bradley (born July 1960) is an Argentine-born American filmmaker known for his documentaries films Evita, Rita Dove: An American Poet, and Harto The Borges. His most recent films are Black Fiddlers and Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor^[1] He’s currently working on The Italian Factor: The Piccirilli Story.^[2]

Non-fiction

Carolina Chocolate Drops

• Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor. USA,2022. About French, the sculptor who designed the seated statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial. 60 minutes.^[3][4][5]
• Black Fiddlers, USA, 2022. A history of African-American fiddlers, from colonial times to the present. 60 minutes.^[6] With Rhiannon Giddens, Kip Lornell, and John Jeremiah Sullivan. Produced with a gift from The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation. Official Selection at the Virginia Film Festival, 2022.^[7][8][9]
• The Other Madisons. USA, 2021. About President James Madison's African-American descendants and his relationship with the enslaved woman named Mandy.^[10][11] 38 minutes.
• Alice: At Home With Alice Parker, USA,2020 Biographical portrayal of Alice Parker, and of her collaborations with Robert Shaw, Archibald MacLeish, and Eudora Welty. American premiere by Chorus America on October 8, 2020.^[12][13] Distributed by Kanopy.^[14][15][16] Produced in 2020 by HFP in association with Melodious Accord, Inc.
• Searching 4-Tabernero Biographical portrayal of German cinematographer Peter Paul Weinschenk, better known as Pablo Tabernero for his work in Argentina. The film documents Weinschenk's role with the militias of Buenaventura Durruti, and the CNT in times of the Spanish Civil War.^{[17][18][19][20]}
• A Soldier's Dream Documentary about Milt Feldman, Private first class with the 106th Infantry Division captured at the Battle of the Bulge and marched to Stalag IV-B, where he remained a POW.^[21] "A Soldier's Dream" premiered on August 11, 2018,^[22] Aired on PBS.^[23] 60 minutes^[24]
• The Gillenwater Story Biographical portrayal on Jay Y. Gillenwater.^[25][26] 30 minutes.^[27]
• Monroe Hill, 2015
• Unearthed and Understood, 2014
• Rita Dove: An American Poet, 2014
• Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement, 2013.
• J.J.Lankes: Yankee Printmaker in Virginia Documentary about Julius John Lankes, woodcutting pioneer and his collaborations with Robert Frost, Sherwood Anderson, and Roark Bradford.^[28] Made in collaboration with Welford Dunaway Taylor and the University of Richmond. Official Selection at Buffalo International Film Festival presented by the Burchfield Penney Art Center and the State University of New York. Official Selection at the Virginia Film Festival, 2019.^[29]
• White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans
• Andrés Waissman Documentary about Andrés Waissman. Premiered at MALBA on July 10, 2012. 30 minutes.^[30]
• Humberto Calzada Documentary about Cuban-American artist Humberto Calzada exploring Calzada's childhood in Havana, Cuba.^[31] Music by Gerardo Aguillón (violin) and José Angel Navarro (guitar).^[32] Distributed by Alexander Street Press and Kanopy. 30 minutes.^[32]
• Ernesto Deira Documentary about Ernesto Deira. Produced with the Museo de Nacional de Bellas Artes. 20 minutes.^[33]
• Pérez Celis, 2005. 60 minutes. Documentary about Pérez Celis. Filmed in Little Haiti.^[34]

Montes-Bradley with Rivera and crew members

• Cortázar: apuntes para un documental Documentary about Julio Cortázar and the Latin American progressive movement in the 1960s.^[35][36][37] Includes 8mm home movies by Cortázar filmed in Paris with Carole Dunlop; with Aurora Bernardez, and Octavio Paz. Includes conversations with Claribel Alegría, Ernesto Cardenal, Manuel Antín, Carlos Montemayor, and Sergio Ramírez.^[38]
• Los cuentos del timonel, Argentina-Germany, 2002 ^[39] About the life of Osvaldo Bayer.^[40][41]
• Harto The Borges, Argentina, 1999
• Ecce Homo Documentary about Juan Filloy,^[42] Produced in part with an award from INCAA^[34]
• Osvaldo Soriano, Argentina, 1998.
• Saavedra: Between Berlin and a place called Peixoto Brazil - Germany, 2013. Documentary exploring the life and literary influences of Brazilian writer Carola Saavedra.^[43] Official Selection Pedra Azul Film Festival.^[44] Filmmaker produces documentaries on Ronaldo Correia de Brito and José Luiz Passos.^[45][46] Heritage Film Project + Writers Made in Brazil, 2013. 30 minutes. Produced in part with a grant from the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations – Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.^[47]
• ‘'Lisboa.’’ USA, 2017. Documentary about Adriana Lisboa Fábregas Gurevitz, Brazilian writer living in Louisville.^[48] The film presents the writer and her perspectives on exile and literature, on living abroad and in a bilingual universe.^[49] Lisboa, Heritage Film Project, 2012 premiered on WHTJ PBS / WCVE PBS, Virginia, also aired by Rocky Mountain PBS. Italian Avant Premier with Italian subtitles at Festivaletteratura – Mantua, Italy on September 5, 2014,^[50] 30 minutes. Produced with the support of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations – Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.^[51]
• Evita (Documentary). USA, 2007.^[52]

Lineup of Samba veterans in the favelas of Rio during the filming of Samba on your Feet

• Leon Rozitchner's Window, 2008^[53][54] Anecdotical documentary with philosopher León Rozitchner.*
• The Unanimous Night, 2018.
• Dialogue and Moisture, 2018.^[55]
• Child of the Forest, 2014. Holocaust survivor Yona Bromberg recalls her life as a child during the Holocaust in Rokitno^[56]
• American Manifesto, 2005.^[57]
• Che: Rise & Fall, 2006.
• Samba On Your Feet, 2005. The one-hour documentary traces the influences that contributed to shaping the music that consecrated Carnival and Samba as powerful cultural manifestations in Rio rooted in the African diaspora.^{[58][59][60][61]}
• Ismael Viñas: Witness of a Century.^[39] Documentary on Ismael Viñas, founder of Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MALENA),^{[62][63][64][65]} Directed by Montes-Bradley as Diana Hunter.
• The Great Pretender, 2007. Official Selection of the International Film Festival of Buenos Aires (BAFICI). Released in Uruguay as "No a los papelones".^{[66][67][68][69]} On the director's request the film did not participate "in competition" to avoid further turmoil.^[70] Released by Editorial Perfil on April 2008.
• Crónicas Mexicas, 2004. Martín Caparrós follows on the trail of Hernán Cortés in Mexico: from Veracruz to Tenochtitlan.

Fiction

Production still: Margaux Hemingway

• El Sekuestro (The KidNapping), 1997.^[71] El Sekuestro is a parody of a revolutionary movement. Starring Tobias Meincke; Sandra Ballesteros; Adam Black; Luis Fernández; Lázaro Pérez, and Rodolfo Rani.
• Double Obsession, 1992, TriStar Columbia. Thriller. Starring Margaux Hemingway,Scott Valentine, Jamie Horton, Maryam D'Abo and Frederic Forrest. Edited by John Venzon. Filmed on location at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Written in collaboration with Jeffrey Delman and Rick Marx.^{[72][73][74][75][76]}
• SmoothTalker, 199. TriStar ColumbiaThriller. Starring Blair Weikgenant, Peter Crombie, Stuart Whitman, Sidney Lassick, Joe Guzaldo, Paul Raci and Burt Ward. Edited by Sandra Adair. Music by Tony Roman; Production Design by Brian Densmore ^[77]

Experimental

• Frogments, (USA, 2000). Experimental work on images captured by Julio Cortázar in 8 mm and verses by Allen Ginsberg. The gestation of this short film was part of the dialogue between the director and Aurora Bernárdez during the investigation period that ended with Cortázar: notes form a documentary (2002) and Cortázar without a beard (Random House Mondadori, 2004). (3').
• Freedom, (USA, 1986). Experimental work based on images captured by Montes-Bradley in 8 mm in and around Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami in which the filmmaker highlights the marginal precariousness of those who survive in the streets of the most prosperous nation. In this short film, the United States emerges as a society with the same conflicts as developing countries. (3').

Music videos

• Rumbera (trad. a woman who dances the Rumba), by Willy Chirino, Sony Music, Super 16mm 1994. Theatrical premiere at the Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Havana 1994.
• Guadalajara Polygram Latino by Los Camperos de Nati Cano.^[78]
• Mujer de Fuego WEA Latina by Olga Tañon^[79]
• Vendras Llorando WEA Latina by Olga Tañon^[80]
• Amor Equivocado by Fabiana Cantilo, Warner Music.^[81]
• Dale Pascual (Warner Music Group) by "Los enanitos verdes".

Bibliography

Habeas corpus: Peter Paul Weinschenk, alias Pablo Tabernero. Buenos Aires, Argentina: 34th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, INCAA. 2019. pp. 144 : photographs, 23 cm.Ideography, Biographical approach to Peter Paul Weinschenk, life and works of Pablo Tabernero, cinematographer of Prisioneros de la tierra directed by Mario Soffici.

Los dedos del huracán. Short story. Children Literature. Included on "De Ola en Ola 3" School Textbook for Third Grade. Group Macmillan. Editorial Estrada S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina. Illustrated by Eugenia Nobati. p. 62–67^[82]

Montes-Bradley, Eduardo (2012). La resurreción de Ocantos. Los Angeles, CA. pp. 62 Hard Cover : illustrations, 23 cm. ISBN 978-1449907402.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Bio-bibliographical essay on Carlos María Ocantos.^[83][84]

Cortázar sin barba. Madrid: Random House Mondadori. 2005. pp. 394 Hard Cover : illustrations, 23 cm. ISBN 84-8306-603-3. Biography of Julio Cortázar.^[85][86] 1st edition Editorial Sudamericana, Argentina 2004. 3rd edition, Pesódromo 21, 2014.^[87][88][89]

Água No Terceiro Milenio. Brasilia Montevideo: Bianchi Editores Ediciones Pilar, Collección Señales de Vida. 2000. pp. 318, 21 cm. ISBN 9974-663-17-2. Bilingual Anthology of Short Stories. Selection of awarded works at the Literary Award "Agua no terceiro Milenio",^[90] Brazil. Bilingual: Portuguese-Spanish. Pilar Editors, Brasília, 2000. Includes the short story "Das schwerste gewicht" previously published in "Ya se que todo es mentira" (1999), Editorial del Nuevo Extremo, Buenos Aires 1999.^[91]

'Osvaldo Soriano': Un retrato. Buenos Aires: Grupo Editorial Norma. 2000. pp. 171 Rustic. ISBN 9879334353. Sperling & Kupfer Editori, Milan, Italy, 2001, 164pp. Translated by Gina Maneri. Collection: Continente Desaparecido, directed by Gianni Minà ISBN 88-200-3201-5.^[92][93] Based on the homonymous documentary by the author.^[94][95][96]

Ya se que todo es mentira. Buenos Aires: Editorial del Nuevo Extremo. 1999. p. 200. ISBN 950-9681-85-7. (trad. I know It's All Lies). Some of the short stories included have been previously published in literary magazines. Foreword by Osvaldo Bayer. 199 pp. 23 cm.^[97] Foreword by Osvaldo Bayer.

'Senxo', Selected Poems. Editorial Grupo Archivo de Comunicación, New York City, 1984. Foreword by Armando Tejada Gómez. Out of print.

Journalism

Montes-Bradley contributed to El País, Babelia,^[98] Les cinemas de la Amerique Latine^[99] by Association Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine de Toulouse France; La Jornada, México; the monthly review Latinoamérica e Tutto il Sud dell Mondo, Italy; and in Argentina to the literary magazine Esperando a Godot; the art-magazine Revista Lote, Venado Tuerto, Suplemento Radar published by Página/12, El Amante de cine, "Diario Perfil," "Revista Ñ" Clarin,^[100] Critica de Argentina; and La Nación. Montes-Bradley was a frequent collaborator with the literary blog "Nación Apache."

Photography

Montes-Bradley has been recognized by the National Council on Public History with the "Outstanding Public History Project Award" as part of the exhibit "The Mere Distinction of Colour" produced by James Madison's Montpelier.^[101] His photo-work appeared in The Atlantic,^[102] The Washington Post,^[103] La Nacion,^[104]The Independent,^[105] Deutsche Welle,^[106] Diario Clarin^[107] other newspapers^[108] and magazines^[109] as well as "Escenas de la memoria. La Casa Argentina en la voz de sus antiguos residentes",^[110][111] and "Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center 20th Anniversary".^[112] His work is partially preserved at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, the University of Virginia.^[113]

Awards and honors

• Alice: At Home With Alice Parker Mystic Film Festival, 2021, Grand Jury Prize; Virginia Film Festival Official Selection, 2020.^[114]* "Los cuentos del timonel" Best Documentary by the Argentine Film Critics Association.
• A Soldier's Dream Best Documentary, 9th Historical and Military Film Festival, Warsaw;^[115] Best Biography; Oniros Film Awards, 2019;^[116] Best Feature Documentary, Port Orchard Film Festival, 2019; Official Selection, Western European Film Festival, 2019; Courage Film Festival, Berlin, 2019; San Francisco Veteran's Film Festival, 2018, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2018, Great Western Catskills International Film Festival, 2018.
• The Other Madisons: Official Selection, Mystic Film Festival,2021; Martha's Vineyard Film Festival; Atlanta Black Pride Film Festival, 2021; Official Selection DC Black Film Festival, 2021; Official Selection Roxbury International Film Festival, 2021.^[117] Honorable Mention; Black Truth Film Festival, 2022.
• White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans: 4th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra, Best Documentary; Richmond International Film Festival, Best Documentary; Virginia Film Festival, Official Selection.^[118] Best Documentary, Richmond International Film Festival.;^[119] Best Documentary Film 6th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra Awards, 2017
• Monroe Hill: Jefferson Trust Award^[120]
• Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement: 4th Annual Baltimore International Black Film Festival, Best Documentary Film^[121]
• Harto The Borges: 12e Rencontres Cinémas d'Amerique Latine, Official Selection, Toulouse,2000.

Appearances in other media

• Margaux Hemingway, produced for E! True Hollywood Story by E! Entertainment Television.^[122] USA, 1996.
• Jorge Giannoni. NN, ése soy yo, by Gabriela Jaime. Argentina, 2000.^[123]
• Derrumbe. Guebel, Daniel. Random House Mondadori, 2012.
• Mis escritores muertos. Guebel, Daniel. Random House Mondadori, 2012.^[124]
• Zenitram, by Luis Barone.^[125]

References

External links

• Eduardo Montes-Bradley at IMDb

Notes

1. Roca, Pilar Las vidas paralelas de Montes-Bradley Grupo Archivo de Comunicación. New York, 2010. University of Virginia Libraries; University of Virginia Library; UVa Library
2. Abos, Alvaro Xul Solar: Pintor del misterio. Sudamericana, 2004. p. 289
3. Lindner, Franco Cooke: El heredero maldito de Perón: la biografía. Editorial Sudamericana, 2006
4. Arnold, Jorge Revista de critica literaria latinoamericana.. Latinoamericana Editores.
5. Nagy-Zekmi, Silvia Moros en la costa: Orientalismo en America Latina. Iberoamericana.p. 192.
6. Sebreli, Juan JoseEl tiempo de una vida: Autobiografía. Editorial Sudamericana, 2005
7. "Reviews on Latin American and Chinese Art by Eduardo Montes-Bradley" Art and Wealth
8. Bustos, Graciela Audiovisuales de combate: Acerca del Videoactivismo Contemporáneo. Published by Centro Cult. de España, Bs.As., 2006. p. 83
9. Kriger, Clara / Spadaccini, Silvana Páginas de cine. Archivo General de la Nación, República Argentina, 2003. p. 103
10. Tiempo de hoy. Published by Ediciones Tiempo, S.A., Spain, 2005. p. 84
11. Mazzeo, Miguel / Ramb, Ana María Osvaldo Bayer: Miradas sobre su obra. C.C.C., ED. del Inst. Movilizador de Fondos Coo., 2003. p. 96
12. Neifert, Agustin, Del papel al celuloide: Escritores argentinos en el cine. La Crujía Ediciones, 2003. pp. 48, 49, 54.
13. Di Benedetto, Antonio and Lebenglik, Fabian El Pentágono: Novela en forma de cuentos. Adriana Hidalgo Editores, 2005. p. 13
14. Aguilar, Gonzalo Moisés Otros mundos: Ensayo sobre el nuevo cine argentino. Santiago Arcos Editor, 2006. pp. 228, 130, 231.
15. Fernandez Naval, F.X. Respirar por el idioma: (los Gallegos y Julio Cortázar). Contributor Emilia Veiga Torre. Editorial Corregidor, 2007. pp. 14, 38, 192
16. Versants. By Collegium Romanicum. Published by L'age d'homme, 2001. 262, 266.
17. Nelson Bayardo and José Pedro Rilla Carlos Gardel: A la luz de la historia. Editorial Aguilar, 2000. p. 117
18. María Gabriela Barbara, Cittadini. Vindicaciones del infinito.Fundación Internacional Jorge Luis Borges, 2003. p. 38
19. Neifert, Agustín. Del papel al celuloide Edition: illustrated. La Crujía Ediciones, 2003
20. Mesa Gancedo, Daniel Avatares del personaje artificial en la novela Argentina de los 90. America Latina Hy, 30, 2002, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. p. 168.
21. Neyret, Juan Pablo. Para textos bastan y sobran. La conformación del espacio paratextual en Triste, solitario y final, de Osvaldo Soriano. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.
22. Sainz Borgo, Karina. "Julio Cortázar: franquista en Buenos Aires, marxista en Estados Unidos y burgués en Cuba"
23. Montes-Bradley, Eduardo. "Notes On Myself"
24. Les cinemas de la Amerique Latine
25. Alexander Street Press
26. Greenacord
27. Thomas Osgood Bradley Foundation TOBF
28. Mar del Plata Film Festival