`Cabeza de Vaca': A bold, imaginative epic From: The Boston Globe | Date: September 21, 1992| Author: Jay Carr, Globe Staff | Copyright 1992 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

CABEZA DE VACA

Directed by Nicolas Echevarria (Mexico).

Like "Aguirre: the Wrath of God" and "Black Robe," Nicolas Echevarria's "Cabeza de Vaca" is one of the great anti-imperialist movie epics. Much more than merely political, it's got boldness, ambition, freshness, imagination, mystery and exhilarating artistic reach. It's the story of the conquest of a real conquistador, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, based on his memoirs. Shipwrecked off the coast of Florida in 1528, he em...

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