Flamenco Film Night – Paco de Lucía: La Búsqueda
Paco de Lucía: La Búsqueda is now screening in Spanish cinemas from today. The film begins with Paco de Lucía …
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Flamenco Film Night – documentary about Paco de Lucía
This wonderful documentary film about Paco de Lucía comes from the television series Rito y Georgrafía; it is introduced by the José María …
Flamenco Film Night – Antonio Gades documentary
With the close of the Semana Antonio Gades de Getafe in Madrid, one longs for more of Antonio Gades and …
Flamenco Film Night – La Hija de Juan Simón (1956)
Last week we looked at the 1935 version of La Hija de Juan Sim??n with Angelillo and Carmen Amaya. In 1956 La Hija de Juan Sim??n was remade and this time featured Antonio Molina. Continuing: Gonzalo Delgr??s, who directed the 1956 version of La H…
Flamenco Film Night – La Hjia de Juan Simón
One of the earliest Spanish films, La Hija de Juan Sim??n, featured a number of prominent flamenco artists of the time: the flamenco singer, Angelillo, played the lead role of ??ngel, with the flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya playing the part of Soled…
Flamenco Film Night – El duende y misterio del flamenco
The documentary film, El duende y misterio del flamenco, which made in 1952 by Edgar Neville, is an invaluable record of flamenco in the mid-twentieth century, as it was made by someone who understood and respected flamenco, and who aimed to prese…
Flamenco Film Night – Moraíto documentary
The documentary film called El cante bueno duele ??? Homenaje a Mora??to was made by the Dutch director/cameraman Martijn van Beenen and Ernestina van de Noort, who is the director of the Flamenco Biennale Nederland. The documentary was produced f…
Flamenco Film Night – Sara Baras documentary
The Spanish wine producer, Freixenet, famous for its cava, have just released their annual Christmas feature; this year it is a 19-minute documentary called Baras Mart??nez: Detr??s de las Burbujas, featuring the flamenco dancer, Sara Baras and th…
Flamenco Film Night – 2nd Festival de Flamenco Cortometrajes
After a very successful first edition of the international flamenco short-film festival, the second Festival Internacional Flamenco de Cortometrajes FFLAC 2011 is well on its way. Entries for short films of no longer than 15 minutes on the theme o…
Flamenco Film Night – Camarón, la pelicula
It is almost 60 years since the flamenco singer Camar??n de la Isla was born (Jos?? Monje Cruz, 5 December 1950), so it seems fitting to talk about the film made about his life by Jaime Ch??varri called Camar??n, la pelicula. Camar??n was played b…
