Movimientos
@ Rich Mix
Thursday 18th February / Thursday 11th March / and on the 2nd Thursday of the month thereafter until 8th July.
Movimientos Live at Rich Mix - London's Alternative UnderGround Scene
Movimientos announces a 6-month residency at Rich Mix beginning in February with an exceptional programme of live Latin music with some of the finest emerging Latin musicians and artists in the UK alongside an exciting selection of radical documentary films on Latin America giving a voice to those who are fighting for social justice across the continent. Plus DJs, visuals, photography and Latin food with the Rich Mix’s kitchen fires up a themed menu for each night with a different country and theme each month.
The first three months will host exciting new acts that have emerged on the Latin scene in the last couple of years – In February Los Chinches will bring their rocking Peruvian Cumbia after tearing down Rich Mix on New Years Eve, in March Afro-America, with their blistering take on Afro-Venezuelan roots, and April sees the sublime Khantara whose highly original mix of Afro-Colombian rhythms with Gypsy and Arabic instruments has been captivating audiences all over the UK for a while now.
With the series of documentary film screenings Movimientos aims to give a voice and a platform to the rarely heard (and often mis-represented) voices of Latin America from communities that are resisting powerful corporations, and corrupt governments, defending their land and basic human rights, whilst also documenting the histories of recent political movements.
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Thursday 18th February
Peru special
Live Music
Los Chinches
London’s no 1 roots rockin psychedelic Amazonian Cumbia band. Last year they blew up at several top festivals including Bestival and Lovebox as well as kick ass gigs at the Barbican, Passing Clouds and Rich Mix’s own NYE fiesta! Already booked for several festivals and gigs in Spain and Croatia this year, 2010 is bound to be a hot year for them.
http://www.myspace.com/loschinchesuk
+ Movimientos DJs
Film:
Tambogrande: Mangoes, Murder and Mining (Guarango Films)
Award winning and powerful film documenting a farming community’s struggle against a wealthy foreign mining company
http://www.guarango.org/tambogrande/en/
+ Short film: Laguna Negra (Mikey Watts, 2008)
Documenting the impact of the actions of a mining company on a small farming community in Huancabamba, Peru
+ Talk and Q&A with the director + guest speakers
+ Photographic presentation from Supay Fotos focusing on how rural communities in Peru are affected by mining
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Thursday 11th March
Venezuela special
Live Music
Afro-America
Stunning traditional Afro-Venezuelan and Caribbean rhythms, featuring master percussionist Wilmer Sifontes (Salsa Celtica, Conjunto Sabroso, Ensemble Criollo) and some of his ultra-talented students.
Film:
Inside The Revolution (Dir. P. Navarette, 52 mins Alborada Films2009)
Alborada films journey into the heart of Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution to listen to the voices of the people driving the process forward
+ Q&A with the director Pablo Navarette and introduced by Venezuela Solidarity Campaign’s Francisco Dominguez
http://alborada.net/alboradafilms
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Thursday 8th April
Colombia special
Live Music
Khantara
Spectacular blend of mystic Afro-Colombian roots and Cumbia with Arabic and Gypsy influences
http://www.myspace.com/khantaramusic
Film: Screenings TBC
And beyond…..
13th May – Bolivian / Andean uprising special with Rodrigo Vasquez’s new film ‘Presidente Evo’, plus sizzling Andean Rumba Funk fusion from one of London’s hottest new bands Lokandes
10th June – Argentina special with Guillermo Rozenthuler, one of the leading voices of Argentinian music in the UK playing a mix of Argentinian Folklore and Tango
8th July – Brazil special with the film ‘Children of the Amazon’ which looks at the impact of development and deforestation on the the Amazon rainforest of western Brazil.
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General listing info applicable for all events:-
+ DJs Cal Jader, Alx Alfaro & special guests hi-jack the soundsystem for a unique mix of the freshest Latin music from straight up Salsa and Reggaeton to Mestizo Music– Cumbia, Ska and revolutionary Hop Hop to new wave electronic and underground Latin beats
+ Rich Mix’s kitchen fires up a Latin themed menu for each different night
7pm-Midnight
Films at 7.15pm
Live acts at 9.30pm
£5 Entry
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Road
E1 6LA
Tubes: Liverpool Street / Bethnal Green
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