16mm, Hi-8 Video (DCP) 76 minutes.  

In Paraguay 2008



“A sympathetic, sensitive and
sometimes delicately droll film.”
New York Times/International Herald Tribune



The filmmaker, his wife, and son travel to Paraguay to adopt a baby.  A meditation on Paraguayan history and politics, US foreign policy, a toucan in a cage, and a little girl named Mariah.

Premiered Venice Film Festival

Directed, filmed, and edited by Ross McElwee
(Currently out of distribution)