Encanto E N T E RTA I N M E
Celebrates Colombian Culture
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The Madrigal family include a visible mix of Afro Latino, ccomplishing a huge milestone, the 60th film produced Indigenous and mixed-race members – reflective of the by Walt Disney Animation Studios celebrates ethnic diversity of Colombia. Traditional food like the a South American country, Colombia, its arepa with cheese, coffee, ajiaco and corn are also culture, lush forests, gastronomy, colours, ENCANTO delightfully displayed throughout the movie while music and passion. EMBRACES showcasing the fauna and flora as part of the Directed By Byron Howard, Jared Bush and COMPASSION, common thread. Charise Castro Smith, the film tells the C O MM UNI T Y, Encanto gives Colombia the chance to redeem extraordinary story of the Madrigal Family, AND YES its image, making its people proud of their culture a displaced clan on whom a miracle was ENCHANTMENT and diversity, showcasing the magical realism and bestowed in their darkest moment and who the yellow butterflies that the literature Nobel-Price learned to serve and lead their community in Gabriel Garcia Marquez once exhorted. the mountains of Colombia. This family musical exhorts the traditional sounds of Colombia. Encanto’s music composer, the Academy Award nominee Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote eight original songs for the movie, including “Colombia mi Encanto” featuring voices of Latin superstars like Maluma, Sebastián Yatra, and Carlos Vives.
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Encanto is a charming and modest recreation that embraces compassion, community, and yes – enchantment, moving away from the traditional heroes and princesses. ANGE L A CADE NA
Encanto is streaming now on Disney Plus.
