[FA Worldmusic] FW: screening in NY:calypso at dirty jim's

[Jean Michel Gibert]

Symphony Space -
 host of the 4th NY World Music Festival Reel Rhythms.
 Contemporary Music from Calypso to Hip Hop: Calypso at Dirty
Jim's and War/Dance

A part of the series The 4th Reel Rhythms World Music Film Festival: Africa
<http://www.symphonyspace.org/series/120> .

Double Feature!

Sunday, June 8 at 3:30 pm
/ Tuesday, June 10 at 7:30 pm


Calypso at Dirty Jim's
2005. France. Pascale Obolo. 86 min. Color.









Calypso is the soul of Trinidad. For three centuries, calypsonians have been
the folk singers of the Creole world, the griots of the Caribbean.
Outstanding improvisers, poets allergic to all censorship, musicians like
Lord Pretender, Lord Beginner and other greats have told the story of
slavery, freedom, world wars, independence and emigration without forgetting
love and a heavy dose of humor and sex. Thence came the idea of filming the
last of the greats, bringing them all together to sing such classics as "Rum
& Coca Cola," "Jean and Dinah" and "Shame and Scandal in the Family," to
name a fewan opportunity to recapture the sound of classic Calypso in all
of its splendor.
 

Sunday, June 8 at 5:15 pm
Tuesday, June 10 at 9:15 pm
War/Dance
2007. USA. Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine. 105 min.

For the past 20 years, northern Uganda has been at war with a rebel force,
the Lord's Resistance Army, and the country's children have been the
greatest victims of the conflict. But here, the children are not only the
victims of the rebels,. War/Dance follows the courageous efforts of
Patongo's students as they pour their hearts into winning the biggest event
of the year: the National Music Competition.

Symphony Space:

 2537 Broadway New York, NY 10025-6990 / Tel. 212 864 1414

booking.film at symphonyspace.org <mailto:booking.film at symphonyspace.org>

www.symphonyspace.org <http://www.symphonyspace.org/>
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