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Ritmo Latino Showcase

A collection of films that use musicality as a gateway to explore deeply textured realities of the Latinx experience, from the development of Conjunto music as an expression of resilience, to students using music as a means for survival in Venezuela, to a Cuban music legend ascending to take her place in music history.

Children Of Las Brisas

Dir. Marianela Maldonado

(Venezuela / USA / France / UK, 84 min., 2022, Spanish w/ English subtitles, Music / Resilience)

3/19 • 11:15AM • S2

Children of Las Brisas is a story of resistance, resilience and perseverance that explores the power of discipline and classical music as tools for survival. The documentary follows three Venezuelan children from the impoverished Las Brisas neighborhood, in their quest to become professional musicians within the ranks of “El Sistema” music program. Ritmo Latino Showcase.

Conjunto Blues

Dir. Joel Celestino Settles

(USA, 60 min., 2020, Spanish w/ English subtitles, Live Theater)

3/18 • 3:00 • S10

Conjunto Blues, written and performed by Nicolás R Valdez, is a stage play that was adapted for the screen in November of 2020 in collaboration with Teatro Vivo and The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. The show explores the social and historical conditions that led to the development of Conjunto music as an expression of cultural resistance and liberation. Ritmo Latino Showcase.

Omara

Dir. Hugo Perez

(Cuba / USA, 76 min., 2021, Spanish w/ English subtitles; English, Music)

3/12 • 11:45AM • S11

3/16 • 7:00 • S10 • Preceded by short, Fuego • Co-presented by My San Diego Latino

If you’ve listened to the Buena Vista Social Club, then you’ve heard the unforgettable voice of Omara Portuondo. In this first-of-its-kind look at the life of one of the nation’s biggest stars, director Hugo Perez brings audiences along on an intimate journey into the heart of Cuba’s “Bride of Feeling.” Ritmo Latino Showcase.

SANTOS - SKIN TO SKIN

Dir. Kathryn Golden

(USA / U.S. Caribbean Islands Territory, 75 min., 2022, English, Spanish w/ English subtitles, Music/Activism)

3/15 • 5:00 • S11

3/19 • 2:15 • DGC

SANTOS–Skin to Skin is a portrait of community activist and seven-time Grammy nominee John Santos, a “keeper of the Afro-Caribbean flame.” In this documentary, Santos links the rhythms of his ancestors to contemporary struggles against urban gentrification, social inequality, and racial injustice. Ritmo Latino Showcase.

Ritmo Latino Shorts

3/10 • 6:15PM • S2

EACH OF US

Dir. Harllon Peixoto Ferreira Filho, Brazil

SENTIR EL SON

Dir. Karla Bernadette Duarte, USA

LA GUAGUA 47

Dir. Pedro Escarcega, USA

PUNK TALK

Dir. Thelma Ruiz, México

EMPRESS - ‘LEMME B ME’

Dir. Gustavo E. Guardado Jr., USA

VIVIR TODA LA VIDA

Dir. Marlén Ríos-Farjat, México

NØ SHADES - ‘MIDNIGHT STRANGERS’

Dir. Marco Fregoso, México

SM FAMILIA - ‘AYÚDANOS’

Dir. Felix Sierra, Lennie Westfall, USA

SATURDAY FUEGO DIABLO

Dir. Anita Abbasi, Canada

THE SLEEPWALKERS - ‘AMOR LEJANO’

Dir. Anthony Garcia-Muñoz

BULEVAR DESCARGA - ‘TIA JUANA’, USA/México

LA DIABLA - ‘LA HISTORIA SOMBRÍA’

Dir. Rick Alvarez, México