Octavio
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Camille Decasabianca
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Octavio is a little boy found abandoned in an attic in Bogata. The child is adopted by George and Amy Viltrakis, an Alaskan couple with three girls of their own. The documentary follows the new parents' visit to Colombia, and their efforts to get to know Octavio in their broken, halting Spanish. The parents must enter the process of choosing a new name for their son; and upon returning to Alaska, they are shown introducing their boy to their church, the local school, fellow community members and friends. In effect, Octavio's step-by-step introduction to his new life shows the complicated the process of creating one's American identity.
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Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "New America/New Americans" October 14-24, 1996.
