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Compañeras
directed by Elizabeth Massie and Matthew Buzzell; produced by Elizabeth Massie and Matthew Buzzell (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 1 hour
Musically stunning and emotionally compelling this film follows a group of Latina musicians as they break the gender barrier to perform mariachi music in America with passion and gusto. Long the purview of male musicians, the 12 member Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles was the first all female mariachi band. Since the...
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directed by Elizabeth Massie and Matthew Buzzell; produced by Elizabeth Massie and Matthew Buzzell (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009), 1 hour
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Musically stunning and emotionally compelling this film follows a group of Latina musicians as they break the gender barrier to perform mariachi music in America with passion and gusto. Long the purview of male musicians, the 12 member Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles was the first all female mariachi band. Since their inception in 1994, other female groups have been formed who perform professionally, expanding the popularity of the music, which is...
Musically stunning and emotionally compelling this film follows a group of Latina musicians as they break the gender barrier to perform mariachi music in America with passion and gusto. Long the purview of male musicians, the 12 member Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles was the first all female mariachi band. Since their inception in 1994, other female groups have been formed who perform professionally, expanding the popularity of the music, which is an important part of their cultural heritage. Along with a brief history of mariachi music, the film interweaves portraits of the women who often find their personal lives conflict with their desire to be full-time musicians. The issues raised are universal to women everywhere: how to balance family life with career, how to achieve equal pay, and how to deal with emotional conflict. Companeras offers rich material for discussion as well as engaging performances! High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Elizabeth Massie, Matthew Buzzell
Author / Creator
Elizabeth Massie, Matthew Buzzell
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Music and Social Change, Mexican-American, Gender status, Women's issues, The Arts, Ethnography, Latinos
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Rewind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape, and Testimony
directed by Liza Key; produced by Phillip Key, Key Films (Key Films, 2009), 52 mins
Philip Miller’s powerful choral work, based on testimonies from the TRC, comes to Cape Town with a unique staging by visual artist Gerhard Marx. Philip Miller is a leading South African composer whose music is simultaneously intellectually stimulating, moving and accessible. His Rewind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape...
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directed by Liza Key; produced by Phillip Key, Key Films (Key Films, 2009), 52 mins
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Philip Miller’s powerful choral work, based on testimonies from the TRC, comes to Cape Town with a unique staging by visual artist Gerhard Marx. Philip Miller is a leading South African composer whose music is simultaneously intellectually stimulating, moving and accessible. His Rewind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony features soloists Sibongile Khumalo, Otto Maidi, Stéfan Louw and Nozuko Teto, with the Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nat...
Philip Miller’s powerful choral work, based on testimonies from the TRC, comes to Cape Town with a unique staging by visual artist Gerhard Marx. Philip Miller is a leading South African composer whose music is simultaneously intellectually stimulating, moving and accessible. His Rewind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony features soloists Sibongile Khumalo, Otto Maidi, Stéfan Louw and Nozuko Teto, with the Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation chorus alongside the Heavenly Voices chorus, accompanied by a string octet led by Marian Lewin. The work interweaves operatic and traditional South African idioms with audio samples from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, endeavoring to portray in music the South African spirit as it emerged during a key period in our country’s development. The staging by visual artist Gerhard Marx ingeniously incorporates the singers and musicians into visual projections made in collaboration with artist Maja Marx. This unique video installation adds haunting resonances to the text and the music.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Philip Miller, 1964-, Phillip Key, Key Films
Author / Creator
Liza Key
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Key Films
Topic / Theme
South African Apartheid (1948-1994), Post Apartheid South Africa, 1994-, The Arts, Documentation of Crimes, South Africans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Key Films
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