Cuba
MOVIMIENTOS 50 years of Cuban Revolution special Thursday 8th January @ Salmon & Compass
Thursday 8th January
@ The Salmon & Compass, Angel, 7pm – 2am / £3 / Donations before 9
50 years of Cuban Revolution special with short films, speakers and discussion with speakers from Cuba Solidarity Campaign, and Derek Wall from the Green Party discussing the challenges facing Cuba politically and environmentally
Film screening @ 7.30pm
Rice N Peas’ “With Or Without Fidel”
+ Resident DJs Cal Jader, Clem George, & Pablo N
+ Guest DJ exclusively from Berlin / Barcelona – Miss Blitz
Movimientos @ The Salmon and Compass
MOVIMIENTOS
"Música Mestiza. Documentary films. Latin Culture"
MAY DAY EXTRAVAGANZA
Thursday 1st May @ The Salmon and Compass
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On international workers day, as part of a worldwide day of Climate Action everywhere Movimientos presents a programme of short films and speakers focusing on environmental issues in Latin America.
Downstairs we have an exclusive club appearance from the UK’s No.1 Latin music don, one of the most influential DJs on the scene, and official Fania Records DJ - Leeds’ Lubi Jovanovic.
▲ UPSTAIRS - Documentary films focusing on Latin America and the environment
7.15pm
Film: The Carbon Connection
40 min, Fenceline Films
The Carbon Connection follows the story of two groups of people from communities in Brazil and Scotland who made films about living with the impacts of the trade in carbon. From mental health issues in Scotland to the loss of medicinal plants in Brazil, the communities discover the connections they have with each other and the film follows them on this journey.
Presented by:
www.carbontradewatch.org
8.15pm
FILM: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Cuba, an isolated island nation, rebuilt its quality of life following the collapse of cheap oil, supplied by the former Soviet Union. This fascinating and empowering film shows how communities pulled together, created solutions, and ultimately thrived in spite of their decreased dependence on imported energy.
www.powerofcommunity.org
Presented and talk hosted by Urban Green Fair
www.urbangreenfair.org
▼ DOWNSTAIRS – All night
Movimientos resident DJs Pablo N & Cal Jader host the music downstairs with Movimientos mix of Musica Mestiza – from Folkloric to Electronic – Neo Tropical, Salsa, Cumbia, Reggae, Ska, Hip Hop, Reggaeton, Flamenco, Rumba, Samba, Funk Carioca, Latin House, Drum and Bass and other fresh Latin dancefloor music!!!
+ Guest DJ making his proper debut at the Salmon and Compass the legendary
LUBI JOVANOVIC (Fania Records)
+ Very special Afro-Cuban live percussion
7pm-2am
Entry: £3 /Donations before 9
Salmon and Compass
58 Penton Street (Corner of Chapel Market)
N1 9ES (Angel tube/Northern Line)
www.movimientos.org.uk
www.myspace.com/movimientos
El Che
2004, Cuba – France, 133 min
Director: Maurice Dugowson
Based on the book “Che, Ernesto Guevara, una legende du siede” (by Pierre Kalfon)
A prismatic portrait of both the man and the myth of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.
This documentary retraces Guevara’s life and political career, beginning with his youth in 1950’s Argentina, when he set out on the road, writing travel diaries, poetry, and stories. His wanderings through the Andes, Patagonia, Peru, and the Chilean desert informed his identity not as a citizen of one nation but as a Latin American. Following his medical studies, he left Argentina forever, dedicating his life to fighting imperialism, poverty, and social injustice throughout the continent.
Papo Record
Cuban Hip-Hop, free-style King
(Reggaeton/Hip Hop Cubano)
Papo Record, Andrés Daniel Rivalta Hechevarría first joined the hip hop movement as member of the ‘Projecto F’ group with whom he reached third place in Havana’s “Rap Plaza” Festival of 1996. The following year he was won the award for best freestyle. Finally in 1998, he won the Grand Award at the 4th Cuban Rap Festival in Havana, which led him to record his first demo “Ojalá”. Since then, Papo began performing around Cuba; his tracks appearing in every Cuban hip hop compilation ever made (e.g. the Cuban Hip Hop all Stars) and his name and work mentioned and reviewed in every local and international media outlet featuring articles and/or news on Cuban hip hop.
HIP HOP CUBANO – UK TOUR MARCH 07
Live and direct from Havana
For the first time in the UK two of Havana’s most influential Hip Hop acts OBSESIÓN and LOS PAISANOS
In March two of Cuba’s most influential rap groups, Obsesión and Los Paisanos, will be touring the UK in association with cultural organisation Movimientos, taking part in public discussions as well as live performances giving audiences an insight into urban culture in Cuba today. They will perform for one London date only, Friday 16th March, together with a showcase of some of London’s finest Latin musical talent including exciting new act Cultura Londres.
Hasta Siempre
Dir. Ishmail Blagrove Jr,
Cuba - UK, 2005, 58 mins, Colour
Hasta Siempre takes the viewer on a journey through the lives of ordinary Cubans, examining the results of the Cuban revolution from the perspective of the Cuban people, and asks the question: Can the revolution survive after the death of Fidel Castro?
La Fabri-K The Cuban Hip Hop Factory
La Fabri-K
Dir. Lisandro Perez Rey
Cuba, 2005, 65 mins, Colour
The film explores the separation of four Cuban families and their efforts to remain connected despite politics and distance. There's enough in it to move and irritate just about everyone with a stake in the details. And that's the documentary's greatest strength -- its bullheaded insistence on story over ideology...a brave stand against the politics of hate...
-Ana Menendez/ The Miami Herald
Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Cuba Solidarity Campaign is a solidarity and campaign group, like all countries Cuba have the right to self determination, national sovereignty and have the right to chose its own social, political, economic and cultural development. Implicit in this approach is fundamental opposition to the blockade and sanctions of American imperialism and all foreign intervention which attempts to undermine the achievement of the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban people.
Rock Around The Blockade
Rock around the Blockade was founded in 1995 by the Revolutionary Communist Group and supporters of the newspaper Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! and is open to anyone who supports Cuba's socialist revolution
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With or Without Fidel
Cuba, 2007
Director: Ishmahil Blagrove, Jr. Asst
Producer: Natasha Tsangarides
Edited by: Catherine Arend
Second Camera: Yannis Mendez
Duration: 59 minutes
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
With Or Without Fidel is a ground-breaking documentary that features Cuba’s leading politicians, intellectuals and dissidents, who debate the future direction of the Island’s 48 year-old revolution.How do Cubans feel about their own identity and freedom of speech? For the first time, the people of Cuba question the values that western democracy holds sacred and the price Cubans have paid for their independence.
With Or Without Fidel is an extremely rare glimpse into the heart of Cuban society. While the BBC, CNN and other correspondents were expelled from the country, Rice N Peas Films was given unprecedented access to produce an honest portrayal of the Island.Filmed during the most precarious period in Cuba’s history, With or Without Fidel reveals the aspirations and vulnerabilities of a country on the brink of change.
Movimientos @ The Notting Hill Arts Club 24th July 2007
From Colombia, to Cuba, to Brazil and back to Africa Movimientos presents a spectrum of Latin sounds from across the continent and back to the source with special documentary films on Cuba and healthy dose of revolutionary spirit !
Early: Documentary films from Latin America with RiceNpeas Cuba double bill:-
6.30pm: " Hasta Siempre"
7.30pm: Special screening of Rice N Peas ' brand new film on Cuba
"With or Without Fidel/ Sin o Con Fidel"
Then with live acts:-
B-Loco
If you didn't catch this awesome urban Bateria troupe smash up the Salmon and Compass recently - another chance to catch their live Brazilian beats this time with a twist bringing MCs, funk, drum 'n' bass, hip-hop and looped laptop dance floor samples to their already unique sound!
Monkfish Big Band
Stamp ya feet with the Monkfish dance orchestra's beating spirits, rising up from Africa, Cuba, Antilles and South America
VeRO
Traditional Colombian sounds fused with a pop sensibility. Acoustic guitars and rhythms looped live with layers of vocal melodies
+ Movimientos DJs Arias & Springfield
After ripping up the Cuba tent at Rise festival last weekend Movimientos DJs lay down the hottest Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Latin Hip Hop, Ska, Reggaeton, Brazilian and underground Latin beats!!!
Visuals, Latin American food y mucho mas!
Tuesday 24th July
6pm – 2am, £5 (£3 before 8, £6 after 11)
Notting Hill Arts Club, 21 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ
(2mins from Notting Hill Gate tube)
Havana Connection - Mr Huevo & Michelito
Mr Huevo (from Los Paisanos) who recently completed a 6-city UK tour with Movimientos, Huevo has been at the centre of the Cuban underground hip hop scene since 1999 & Michelito "El Vaticano" a raspy, hard-edged Cuban rapper, performs his material on top of a foundation of folkloric rumba percussion and coro. Together they form Havana Connection.
Raíces Cubanas
Raíces Cubanas, led by violinist and musical director Omar Puente from Santiago de Cuba have been dubbed part of the country's 'nueva generacíon' (new generation) which includes Adalberto Alvarez and Manolito y su trabuco. With their roots in Cuban Son and Charanga (violins, flute, keyboard, bass, timbale, congas and bongos with a strong vocal front line) infused with Afro-Cuban jazz, together they have developed an exciting new dance sound in Cuban music. Omar has toured worldwide with Cuban greats such as José Maria Vitier, the late Ruben Gonzalez, Guillermo Rubalcaba, supported Tito Puente, Omara Portuondo and jammed with the Afro-Cuban All Stars. Raíces make a Cuban dance party like no other.
Obsesion
Obsesión, formed in 1996 by Alexey and Magia, who are among the founding figures of Cuban rap and remain at the centre of the scene having organized the Cuban Hip Hop symposium in Havana for the last two years.
They have released two CDs and their work has appeared on many internationally released compilations such as ‘The Cuban Hip Hop All Stars.’ Their tour of the USA in 2003, which culminated in a performance at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem alongside hip hop legends The Roots and Common, was the subject of the documentary ‘La Fabri-k.’ Obsesión have put social projects – including work with prisoners and children – at the centre of their mission and were invited to the World Social Forum in Venezuela in 2006 as panellists and performers.
Los Paisanos
Los Paisanos formed in 1999 and have been a fixture of the Havana hip hop festival and the city’s underground rap scene since 2000.
Songs from their CD ‘Paisanología’ have become favourites among the capital’s rap fans, and Randy Acosta has emerged as one of the most exciting producers at the uncompromising edge of Cuban hip hop.
Los Paisanos were invited guests at the Revolution’06 hip hop festival in Toronto, Canada, alongside Dead Prez and K’Naan.
