WORLD PREMIERE
Join Cinequest for this very special World
Premiere of a captivating musical experience, executive produced by Quincy
Jones, Andrew Young, Carlos Santana, and Kabir Sehgal.
Follow Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra founder/conductor Arturo
O'Farrill to the remotest regions of Veracruz, Mexico, where he meets and jams
with the masters of son jarocho. Son jarocho is 300-year-old folk music rooted
in the land that combines Indigenous, Spanish and African traditions. After
Arturo's inspiring journey to a place where time seems to stands still, he and
his orchestra join the masters of son jarocho at the border between the United
States and Mexico for a son jarocho music and dance festival called Fandango
Fronterizo (founded by Jorge Francisco Castillo). The festival takes place
simultaneously on both sides of the United States-Mexico border transforming
this object that divides to one that unites. With a poetic musical approach
inspired by the son jarocho tradition, Fandango at the Wall reveals a
Mexico seldom depicted, revealing a culturally rich portrait of Mexico and
Mexicans and how art and culture can bring our countries and people together.
Featuring
(in alphabetical order)
Douglas
Brinkley
Regina
Carter
Wendy
Cao Romero
Jorge
Francisco
Mandy
Gonzalez
Castillo
Fernando Guadarrama
Ramón
Gutiérrez
Jacob
Hernández
Patricio
Hidalgo
Arturo
O’Farrill
Yaratczé
Hidalgo Sandoval
Kabir Sehgal
Tacho
Utrera
Andrés
Vega
Martha
Vega
The Villalobos
Brothers