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LAFCO has done everything so far without outside funding. We depend on support from members and from the communities we serve. To find out how you can help with a small donation, or to purchase DVD's, CD-Roms and/or videotapes of our fantastic short films, please email tao@lafco.tv


Documentary Work by LAFCO Members

LAFCO PICTURES PRESENTS:

FLAMENCO: A PERSONAL JOURNEY
2001, MiniDV; 90 minutes

3 years in the making, Tao Ruspoli's feature length documentary takes the viewer to Andalucia, Spain for an intimate look at the lifestyle and music of over 30 of flamenco's most authentic artists.
Edited on the LAFCO Bus.
For more stills and info visit www.ruspoli.com.

HAVANA: 1999
2000, MiniDV; 23 minutes

In Spring of 1999, filmmakers Steve Newman and Tao Ruspoli visited Fidel Castro's Cuba for a look at life in one of the world's last remaining communist countries.

Edited on the LAFCO Bus.

For more stills and info visit www.ruspoli.com.

SHAYLA AT 4AM
2000, MiniDV, 13 minutes

An intimate interview with dancer Shayla talking about sex and stripping. Expresive color tinting and a score of Bach's cello suites make this a fascinating little experimental documentary.

Edited on the LAFCO Bus.

For more stills and info visit www.ruspoli.com.

HOW TO CREATE RUMORS OR WHEN NAILS BECOME A MENACE TO SOCIETY.

October 2001, MiniDV, 11Minutes

A man in Northern California calls the police because he thinks that a member of the LAFCO troupe looks suspicious with his six- inch- long nails. Alfonso Gordillo interviews the man after bumping into him by coincidence. The six inch nails and the hands of the man shake....

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Read the article written about us in the Anderson Valley Advertiser.

Check out our appearance in RES magazine

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LA Times on Thanksgiving day

to read about us in the Technology section
(The Macintosh Column)