Colombia
Kogui
Kogui
This group of inspiring young musicians bring a fresh twist to the rhythms, dances and melodies from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. With the sounds of Tambores, voices, flutes and guitars that have been passed down through the generations, in keeping with the roots of the music, a mixture of African, Indigenous Indian and European influences. Their vibrant performance is guaranteed to get people dancing and singing along.
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
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Little Voices, Moving Stories
Director: Eduardo Carrillo
Duration: 20min
The conflict in Colombia through the eyes of displaced children.
Eduardo Carrillo's short film Little Voices.
Little Voices is a film made with children who are displaced and victims of violence in Colombia. This film is driven by children's stories, which they told using their own voices and drawings. The result is a unique and powerful hybrid of documentary and computer animation, rooted in the real experiences of displaced children in Colombia.
Little Voices has won several prices in Spain and Italy and a special mention by UNICEF prize International Television Festival in 2003.
Soraya; Love is Not Forgiveness / Soraya; Amor no es Olvido
Against the background of the paramilitary disarmament in Colombia, an intimate and simple story of Soraya Palacios, the mother of six, who was forced to leave her land after the assassination of her husband.
Movimientos @ The Salmon and Compass
MOVIMIENTOS
"Música Mestiza. Documentary films. Latin Culture"
Thursday 6th March @ The Salmon and Compass
Celebrating International Women’s Day (on the 8th March)
Volver a la gente
Dir: David Caneva,
2006, Colombia
A documentary about the women who had to assume the status of head of the refugee families because of the loss of men due to the armed conflict in Colombia. The film exposes the crude reality of the manner in which the Colombian government has abandoned these communities, while attempting to help integrate them with the society that denies their existence.
Children of the Andes (COTA)
Children of the Andes (COTA) is a UK registered charity that provides support to Colombia’s most vulnerable children by working in partnership with local NGOs.
COTA was established in 1991 to support children living on the streets and in the sewers of Bogotá, following a documentary by the British film-maker Desmond Wilcox.
Our aim is to provide relief from the effects of violence and poverty and to promote longer-term development through a range of education, health, protection, and peace-building initiatives.
We work to defend the rights of the children who need us most: street children, working children, child victims of violence and children with healthcare needs. Wherever possible, we also provide support to the children’s families, in order to understand and tackle the root causes of problems.
Justice For Colombia
Justice For Colombia website
Justice for Colombia (JFC) is a British NGO that campaigns for human rights, workers' rights and the search for peace with social justice in Colombia.
Colombia Solidarity Campaign
Colombia Solidarity Campaign is an anti-imperialist organisation, campaigning for a socially just and sustainable peace in Colombia based on respect for the human rights and diversity of the Colombian people.
Very Be Careful
Seven years and a thousand shows later, Very Be Careful rise from the ashes of the latest booty-shakin’ firestorm with a raised glass in honor of the fuel that fed the fire, LOVE. Their last album, ñACAS, soothes any itch those seven years might have excited, and joins the catalog of the rootsest vallenato rhythms that VBC not only plays, but lives.
From the Colombian Caribbean land of fishers and farmers, lovers and assassins, where accordion narrated tales spill from shops, homes, bars, and beauty salons, VBC has imported a vintage sound and an urgent agenda – DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!!! And, like it or not, punker or sonidero, new-ager or new-waver, b-boy or cowboy, sober, drunk, or saved, few can elude the rump rousing radar of a VBC parranda.
Resistencia: Hip Hop in Colombia
Country: US
Run Time: 51 minutes
2002
'Resistencia: Hip-Hop in Colombia may be too gritty to ever make it to MTV, but it shows with jolting immediacy how hip-hop is as vital and relevant to Colombia's street culture as it was to urban African-Americans before it was co-opted by the mass media and mainstream artists'.
-Lael Loewenstein, Variety magazine
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Past Events
- Sábado, 2008, Julio 19 20:30 Europe/London
- Martes, 2008, Julio 22 18:30 Europe/London
- Jueves, 2008, Julio 3 20:00 Europe/London
- Martes, 2008, Junio 24 20:00 Europe/London
- Jueves, 2008, Junio 5 08:00 Europe/London
- Viernes, 2008, Mayo 16 20:00 Europe/London
- Martes, 2008, Mayo 27 20:00 Europe/London
- Jueves, 2008, Mayo 1 20:00 Europe/London
- Martes, 2008, Abril 1 20:00 Europe/London
- Viernes, 2008, Abril 11 20:00 Europe/London
