Director:Felipe Aguilar

Bio: Felipe Aguilar ( Bogotá, Colombia, 1977)
Double Major in Fine Art and Film Production ( University of Miami, 2002 )
At the heart of Felipe’s work is a deep curiosity about the world and a desire to share that curiosity with others. He seeks out the unexpected and the overlooked, and presents them in ways that encourage the viewer to see the world around them in a new light of understanding and appreciation. His projects widen the gamut of the documentary experience; using photography, film, and emerging technologies like Augmented Reality and Spatial Computing. Large scale documentary photography that comes to life via AR, or the digital displacement of real items via photogrammetry, are some of the layered ways in which he explores and celebrates the wonders, the unexpected, and the intricacies of everyday life. He views art as a revealing agent, and technology as an enabler for presenting new points of view.
His commissions include projects with The United Nations, The Government of Colombian, USAID, and NatGeo. His independent projects have been present at the Berlinale, the Cannes Short Film Corner, the CERN Institute in Geneva, the NewImages Festival in Paris, and recently, one of his photographs was showcased in outer space, as part of the Portrait of Humanity project by the British Journal of Photography.
He lives and works in Miami.

Director Statement

In this documentary audiences will journey into the heart of one of Miami’s secrets, the Full Moon Drum Circle. For more than twenty years, people of all walks of life, and from every corner of Miami and the world, come together in this participative celebration of life, revitalizing the city’s pulse. It is the primal essence of the city as everyone’s invited; no velvet rope, no cover, no age restrictions, all rhythm, all wavelengths, all nature, all movement, all heart and soul. Some come to have fun, some to love, some to heal, and everyone comes as they truly are

The heartbeat of Miami gets revitalized every full moon, as it illuminates a “secret” Beach Drum Circle. Join an eclectic crowd on a powerful, percussive and fiery journey. Immerse yourself in the groove, backed by the rhythm of silver Caribbean waves and infrared heat.

In this documentary audiences journey into the heart of one of Miami’s secrets, the Full Moon Drum Circle. For more than twenty years, people of all walks of life, and from every corner of Miami and the world, come together in this participative celebration of life, revitalizing the city’s pulse. It is the primal essence of the city as everyone’s invited; no velvet rope, no cover, no age restrictions, all rhythm, all wavelengths, all nature, all movement, all heart and soul. Some come to have fun, some to love, some to heal, and everyone comes as they truly are.

A blend of intimate black and white photography captured with available light, vibrant infrared hues from a thermal camera, and the embracing pan-caribbean drum track, invite viewers to participate and dance at the groovy epicenter of this welcoming community.