"FROM MAMBO TO HIP HOP" at the Puerto Rican Film Series 2008

"Puerto Rican Film Series 2008" continues its outdoor summer film series on Saturday July 26th with "FROM MAMBO TO HIP HOP" directed by Henry Chalfant and produced by Elena Martínez and Steve Zeitlin - City Lore.

Synopsis: (60 minutes - English) From Mambo to Hip Hop presents a panoramic view of the music that blossomed in the Latin community of the South Bronx from the late 1940s when mambo burst onto the New York cultural scene through the 1970s birth of hip hop. The film chronicles two generations who grew up literally on the same streets, and both used rhythm as their forms of rebellion--for the older generation it was pulsating Caribbean rhythms; for their children it was the rhythms of rap. The film aims to bring attention to Bronx communities that with few resources transformed the world's pop culture through the making of Afro-Latin alliances where cultural memory held strong. The film shows vintage segments where drumbeats sent break-dancers into motion, some of them reviving the most flamboyant moves of the old mambo dancers. From Mambo to Hip Hop features figures such as: Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto, Benny Bonilla, Orlando Marin, Manny Oquendo, Willie Colon, El Extreme, Africa Bambaata, Kool Herc, Charlie Chase, Fabel, Kid Freeze, Track II, Trace, Bom5, Sandra Maria Esteves and more.

This and all films are shown at dusk (8:00PM) at the Humboldt Park Boat House -- 1359 North Sacramento (Humboldt Blvd), Chicago, IL 60622.

Bring your picnic basket, folding chair and blankets and enjoy a movie night under the STARS. FREE admission, popcorn, raffles, and children activities!

Film program curated by: Magdalena Sagardía and Jorge Félix

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[junio2383]

Do you know is Los peloteros is available on DVD in PR?

[lowkeeangel]

never know this

[LexaRican]

Loved the trailer too bad I'm so many miles away to miss

[thatcrybaby]

que VIVA CulturaL Expression!!!