French documentary filmmaker murdered

Christian Poveda, the filmmaker behind the controversial doc La Vida Loca (Crazy Life), about a dangerous El Salvador gang, was found dead 10 miles outside of San Salvador. Poveda was apparently ambushed after leaving the territory of the gang, and shot in the head.

September 3, 2009

Christian Poveda, the filmmaker behind the controversial doc La Vida Loca (Crazy Life), about a dangerous El Salvador gang, was found dead 10 miles outside of San Salvador. Poveda was apparently ambushed after leaving the territory of the gang, and shot in the head.

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Andrew Tracy joined Realscreen as associate editor in 2021, following 17 years as managing editor of the award-winning international film magazine Cinema Scope. From 2010 to 2020 he also held the position of senior editor at the Toronto International Film Festival, where he oversaw the flagship publication for the organization’s year-round Cinematheque programming and edited its first original monograph in a decade, Steve Gravestock’s A History of Icelandic Film. He was a scriptwriter and consultant on the first season of the Vice TV series The Vice Guide to Film, and his writing and reporting have been featured in such outlets as Cinema Scope, Reverse Shot, Sight & Sound, Cineaste, Film Comment, MUBI Notebook, POV, and Montage.

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