15282Fandango

FANDANGO AT THE WALL

Year 2019
Runtime 90 mins
Language English
Availability
  • Online & In-Cinema

Follow Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra founder/conductor Arturo O'Farrill to the most remote regions of Veracruz, Mexico, where he meets and jams with the masters of son jarocho, a 300-year-old style of folk music rooted in African, Indigenous and Spanish traditions.

After Arturo's inspiring journey to a place where time seems to stands still, he and his orchestra join the masters at the border between the United States and Mexico for a son jarocho music and dance festival called Fandango Fronterizo (founded by Jorge Francisco Castillo). The festival takes place simultaneously on both sides of the border transforming this object that divides two into one.

With a poetic musical approach inspired by the son jarocho tradition, Varda Bar-Kar's film reveals a Mexico seldom depicted in cinema and delves into the current mass human migrations spurred by violence, poverty, and corruption.

This film is available to stream from September 29 - October 1.

Countries

United States
Director
Varda Bar-Kar
Executive Producer
Carlos Santana, Quincy Jones, Kabir Sehgal, Andrew Young
Producer
Doug Davis, Kabir Sehgal
Screenwriter
Varda Bar-Kar, Kabir Sehgal
Cinematographer
Matt Porwoll
Editor
Luisa Maria Martinez Arcaraz
Cast
Douglas Brinkley, Wendy Cao Romero, Jorge Francisco Castillo, Regina Carter