I can’t stand watching TV. Honestly. I watch news and documentaries. Series on DVD, sometimes. Polish HBO presents good docs on HBO Digital and HBO2 – original productions, but also others.
In LA CORONA (THE CROWN), filmmakers Isabel Vega and Amanda Micheli take viewers inside the prison’s heavily fortified walls, where preparations are underway for this highly anticipated and fiercely competitive event. Televised beauty pageants are extremely popular in Colombia, sometimes attracting even higher ratings than World Cup soccer. National and local pageants are often the centerpiece of cultural festivals, and little girls dream of being the queen of their village one day. But even in Colombia, a beauty pageant in prison is unusual.