NEWS CALENDAR

Cuban Films @ Silverlake Film Festival.

Please go to www.silverlakefilmfestival.org for ticket
information.

PROGRAM 1: JUST IN FROM THE ISLAND

EL BENNY Los Feliz 3 Theatres (Vermont)
Wednesday may 9th at 7PM at the loz feliz 3 theatres/ 8:30 PM
Cuba, 2006, 120 mins.
Director/Screenwriter: Jorge Luis Sanchez
Screenwriter: Abrahan Rodriguez
Producer: Iohamil Navarro
Los Angeles Premiere
Just in from the island, Cuba’s Oscar entry EL BENNY is based on the life of the famous Cuban musician, Benny Moré. This debut feature by writer/director Jorge Luis Sanchez features new versions of Moré’s songs performed by contemporary musicians including Chucho Valdes, Juan Formell, Haila, and Cuban hip-hop sensation, Orishas.

 
PROGRAM 2: UNA NOCHE DE CACHAO
Thanks to Tu Ciudad and Caribe Culture Foundation
PRESENTED BY: Adolfo Nodal and Andy Garcia
Thursday May 10, 2007, 7:30PM
Barnsdall Gallery Theatre

Israel "Cachao" López (born in 1918 in Havana, Cuba), often known just as "Cachao, is  the inventor of mambo, and Cuba’s pre-eminent mambo musician and composer. He helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950’s and, having become internationally famous, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lopez is considered a master of descarga (Latin jam sessions). He has won several Grammy Awards for both his own work and his contributions on albums by Latin music stars, including Gloria Estefan: in 1995, for Master Sessions Volume 1; in 2003, for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album, together with Bebo and Patato Valdés for “El Arte Del Sabor”; and a third Grammy in 2005, again for his own work, “¡Ahora Sí!”.

A tribute to the life’s work of Grammy-winner Israel Lopez Cachao, considered to be the most important Cuban musician living today. Presented by Cuban actor/filmmaker Andy Garcia and Adolfo V. Nodal.

MAMBO MASS REHEARSAL
USA, 2000, 5 mins.
Director: Mario Garcia Joya

¡AHORA SI!
USA, 2003, 60 mins.
Director: Andy Garcia 
Courtesy of: CineSon Productions

CACHAO: Como Su Ritmo No Hay Dos
USA, 1993, 109 mins.
Director/Producer: Andy Garcia
Producer: Fausto Sanchez
Courtesy of CineSon Productions
 

PROGRAM 3: LOS ZAFIROS: NOCHE AZUL
DOUBLE-BILL
Sunday May 06, 8:30 PM.
Los Feliz Theatres (Vermont Street)
Presented by Hugo Cancio and Lorenzo DeStefano, this evening is devoted to one of the 20th century’s most important Cuban bands.

LOS ZAFIROS: LOCURA AZUL
Cuba, 1997, 115 mins.
Director: Manuel Herrera
Producer: Hugo Cancio

LOS ZAFIROS: MUSIC FROM THE EDGE OF TIME
USA, 1997, 78 mins.
Director/Producer: Lorenzo DeStefano
Executive Producers: Randa Haines, Sandra Levinson