[Tango-A] NA-E: NYC Two Films for the Tango Community

[Lulu Krasne]

SPECIAL SHOWING,""TANGO NEGRO: THE AFRICAN ROOTS OF TANGO" 

&"CANDOMBE"
at Columbia University, Sun. Jan 12, 
at 4:00 Milbank Chapel


I have seen these and am going again. These are very 

interesting films.
at 120th from Broadway, between 120 and 121at, Teachers College


Lucille

http://nyadiff.org/tango-negro-the-african-roots-of-tango-candombe/
""TANGO NEGRO: THE AFRICAN ROOTS OF TANGO" 
by Angolan filmmaker Dom Pedro 
explores the expression of Tango’s Africanness...
performances and interviews from tango fans and historians 
including the renowned Argentinean 
pianist Juan Carlos Caceres.
Directed by Dom Pedro, 2013, 93 min., France, 

Documentary,French/Spanish/ English subt.

"CANDOMBE" Fernado Nunez, a black man, a musician, and a maker of drums, 
sees himself as the heir to “Candombe”  Nunez and his friends 
from the Barrio Sur back street quarter of Montevideo have decided 
to fight to keep these important cultural roots alive....
Directed by Rafael Deugenio, 1993, 16 min., Uruguay, 

Docu-drama, Spanish/ English subt.

Tickets: $12 /  $10 for seniors and students