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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Every second Sunday of July from the early 1960s until today Cubans and lovers of Cuban music have gathered in New York City for the Recordando el Mamoncillo Festival. Organized by el Club Cubano, "El Mamoncillo" is not just a dance, but an event that has maintained Cuban culture, particularly Afro-Cuban culture, and provided a way for Cuban families to reunite every year. Remembering the Mamoncillo takes views into this joyous event..
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
In the opening scene of the documentary, the physicist Raul Baragiola speculates about time and eternity as he wonders amongst the centenaria graves at the cemetery of the University of Virginia : “Maybe there is a universe out there were all the times are possible, and all the spaces are possible, and what we don’t have is the ability to go through paths in that universe to look for different things. You can’t look for your grandfather in there...
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Get fascinated by this journey owing to Cuban culture, full of dance and music...In interviews, music- and dance sequences exhibit some of the most important and world famous protagonists of the cultural scene in Cuba, the conversion of Cuban Salsa, Rumba and African tradition until the present era...The movie impresses with its proximity to protagonists. They discuss different subjects and get into details by live demonstration. They provide an overall...
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
Celebrated classical guitarist Julian Bream features in this series, playing some of the finest pieces in the repertoire of the Spanish guitar, including compositions by Albeniz, Granados, de Falia, Tarrega and Rodrigo. Filmed on location in Spain, the programmes trace the evolution ot the instrument from 1500 to the present day. Against a backdrop of magnificent buildings and beautiful landscapes, its music and history form a rich evocation of the...
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
THIRD MOVEMENT- The Classical Period (Rondo). Sor: Sonata in D, Op. 14, Grand Solo - Introduction. Traditional-Vocal lament-unknown female singer.. Sor: Sonata in D, Op. 14, Grand Solo – Allegro. Aguado: Pieces for Guitar, Rondo In A Minor, Op. 2/3. Sor: Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op.9, 01-Introduction: Andante largo. Sor: Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op.9, 02-Theme: Andante moderato. Sor: Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op.9, 03-Variations...
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
The Return of Ruben Blades follows the singer to Harvard, where he gets his master's degree in international law; to his old neighborhood in Panama; to California for a recording session with Linda Ronstadt, and to New York for a performance at S.O.B.'s. The music is a joy, as danceable as it is intelligent, and Mr. Blades makes every nuance count. Transferred to HD from the original 16mm film and lovingly restored.
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
Celebrated classical guitarist Julian Bream features in this series, playing some of the finest pieces in the repertoire of the Spanish guitar, including compositions by Albeniz, Granados, de Falia, Tarrega and Rodrigo. Filmed on location in Spain, the programmes trace the evolution ot the instrument from 1500 to the present day. Against a backdrop of magnificent buildings and beautiful landscapes, its music and history form a rich evocation of the...
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
What’s it like to live without running water? In Peru’s sprawling capital, Lima, this is the everyday reality for 1.5 million children and adults, forced to pay up to a week’s salary for just one day’s water. And the problem isn’t confined to the capital, across the country, the shortage of water is putting lives in danger and provoking conflict, as it displaces communities and threatens their agricultural livelihoods...Climate change is...
Pub. Date
1987.
Description
The True Story of Evita, as told by her Father Confessor, Her Friends, and ... Her Enemies. Actress, seductress, political powerhouse and cultural icon of Argentina and the world, the life and legend of Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, or Evita, as she came to be known, endures to this day. Yet Evita, a woman of poor origins who rose to become the first lady of Argentina, was as hated by the upperclass of her country as she was loved by the poor masses...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
The Immigration Paradox takes a critical and in depth look at one of the most divisive issues in human global history–immigration. After encountering an immigrant crossing the Arizona desert, Emmy Award Winner and Filmmaker Lourdes Lee Vasquez set out to understand why people would risk their lives to come to the U.S. Her quest takes a shocking twist when she musters enough courage to cross the line at a protest and has an encounter with whom she...
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
FIFTH MOVEMENT- Granados and the Poetic Nationalist (Rhapsody). Felipe Pedrell segment-Spanish folk song musicologist.. Granados: Danzas Espanolas, Op. 37 – Andaluza. Granados: Cuentos De La Juventud, Op. 1 – Dedicatoria. Granados: Coleccion De Tonadillas - La Maja De Goya. Granados: Valses Poeticos. Granados: Danzas Espanolas for Piano, Op. 37 - Villanesca, No. 4 in G/G-zdur/sol majeur.
13) Maria's Story
Pub. Date
1990.
Description
It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria Serrano, wife, mother, and guerrilla leader is on the frontlines of the battle for her people and her country. With unprecedented access to FMLN guerrilla camps, the filmmakers dramatically chronicle Maria's daily life in the war as she travels from village to village organizing the peasant population, and helps plan a major nationwide offensive...
14) Evita
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Long after Evita was embalmed and secretly buried under a fictitious name in Milan, the former First Lady of Argentina once again was catapulted to fame after Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical. A few years later, Alan Parker's movie adaptation of the same would contribute the necessary ingredients to transform a historical character into a Hollywood fantasy of mythical proportions. But the complexity of the circumstances surrounding her life, her...
16) Sunu
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Seen through the eyes of small, midsize and large Mexican maize producers, SUNU knits together different stories from a threatened rural world. This film documents how people realize their determination to stay free, to work the land and cultivate their seeds, to be true to their cultures and forms of spirituality, all in a modern world where corn is being threatened at the center of its origin: Mexico.
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
SECOND MOVEMENT- The Baroque Guitar (Courtly Dances)\n. Sanz: Canarios (on baroque guitar)\n. Sanz: Passacalles (on baroque guitar). Sanz: Galliardas (on baroque guitar)rehearsal on train. Sanz: Galliardas (on baroque guitar). Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Canario (on baroque guitar). Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Mariona (on baroque guitar). Guerau: Poema Harmonico- Villano (on baroque guitar). de Murcia: Prelude y Allegro for guitar (on baroque guitar). Flamenco...
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
FOURTH MOVEMENT- Flamenco and the Romantic Guitar (Serenade). Tarrega: Three Mazurkas: Three Mazurkas – Marieta. Paco Pena segment-discussion of Flamenco influence on Spanish music.. Malats/Tarrega: Serenata Espanola. Tarrega: Capricho Arabe. Tarrega: Prelude in A Minor (included in LP but excluded from the final film edit). Tarrega: Recuerdos De La Albambra.
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
The Amazon is a vast laboratory for sustainable experiments that are revealing new relationships among human beings, corporations, and the natural heritage crucial for life on the planet. This is where the guidelines are being drawn up for a new global economic model: the green economy. With an astonishing soundtrack and cinematography, Eternal Amazon presents a critical analysis of how the world’s largest tropical rainforest is understood and utilized.....
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
SIXTH MOVEMENT- Isaac Albeniz (Evication). Albeniz: Suite Espanola, Op. 47 - Cadiz (rehearsal in car). Albeniz: Suite Espanola, Op. 47 - Cadiz. Albeniz: Suite Espanola, Op. 47 - Granada. Albeniz: Suite Espanola, Op. 47 - Sevilla. Albeniz: Cantos De Espana, Op. 232 – Cordoba.
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