Showing posts with label Tango Documentaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tango Documentaries. Show all posts

Monday, November 6, 2023

Alejandro Bettinotti Tango Documentary [English subtitles]




From Wikipedia:


Alejandro Bettinotti (July 1019622 May 23, 2022)was an Argentine documentary filmmakersinger-songwritercomposer and pianist.

Biography[edit]

With a thirty-year trajectory in music, he came merging tango, rock and popular music, taking his particular style to hundreds of places in Argentina and the world.

Always with independent and self-managed productions, he edited twelve studio albums, three documentaries and a book.

In 2003, he was summoned, indicated as an innovator within the genre to the Argentina Festival Again, in the city of Barcelona, in Spain, and then toured to the south of that country.

In 2009 he made the script and produced the documentary Entrañas del asfalto, a deep look at the origin of tango and its current contrast with the new forms of the genre.

In 2013, he published his first book Tangos a la deriva, which includes an album as a soloist, poems and texts. In 2014 he presented the book at the International Book Fair and at the Casa Carlos Gardel Museum.

Between 2010 and 2015 he made live presentations at several National Universities in Argentina and abroad such as Greece, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico, (these presentations in Colombia, Greece and Ecuador were declared of Cultural Interest by the Argentine Foreign Ministry, the Argentine National Institute of Music, the Argentine Embassy in Greece and the Argentine Consulate in Guayaquil, Ecuador). Through his artistic work, he generated different debates with the communities of each region. As a result of these meetings, the Documentaries were made: Che, who are you? and University Tours.

He took his particular style to hundreds of places in Argentina, Latin America and the World.

In Argentina, among other stages, he performed at La Trastienda, La Feria Internacional del Libro Buenos Aires, Teatro ND Ateneo, Casa Museo Carlos Gardel, Café Tortoni, Torquato Tasso, Club del Vino, Bar Tuñón, Festival de Tango Independiente Buenos Aires, Café Notorious, Teatro Bauen, Centro Cultural Cooperación.

In the 80s he put together the group Barrio Negro, in the 90s the rock band Señores Monos, in the two thousand the tango duo Bettinotti-Fernández and then his solo career.

He was indicated as one of the exponents of the "hidden tango" current, in the essay that bears that title by the researcher Silvana Boggiano, which deals with a musical current as opposed to the "official tango".4

Discography[edit]

  • 1994 - Gentlemen Monkeys - Already in the police car the unbalanced does not show regret
  • 2004 - Bettinotti Fernández - Los Porteños de Gardel5
  • 2006 - Bettinotti Fernández - Tangolpeados6
  • 2007 - Bettinotti Fernández - Rezongando Rezongar6
  • 2008 - Bettinotti Fernández - Man dies of man6
  • 2009 - Bettinotti Fernández - Let's kill the TV6
  • 2010 - Bettinotti Fernández - Fumigying us6
  • 2011 - Bettinotti Fernández - Live at the Nd Ateneo 2009
  • 2012 - "Bettinotti Fernández - Esquifuzos"
  • 2013 - Alejandro Bettinotti - Drifting Tangos
  • 2015 - Alejandro Bettinotti - Riddles
  • 2016 - Alejandro Bettinotti - Part of the art
  • 2018 - Alejandro Bettinotti - Weapons of peace

DVD[edit]

  • 2010 - Bettinotti Fernández - DVD of the Live Recital at the Teatro Nd Ateneo 2009

Documentary[edit]

  • 2009 - Entrañas del Asfalto, documentary about the work of Bettinotti-Fernández, directed by Héctor Rivero.7

-2015 - Che: Who are you? (A journey of art through University lands)

-2017 - University Tour Ecuador

References[edit]

  1. Bettinotti - Fernández present their new album (broken link available in the Internet Archive; see the history, the first version and the last). 11/3/2011 genteba.com.ar
  2. Pablo Montagna (May 24, 2022). "Alejandro Bettinotti (10/7/1962 - 23/5/2022)" Twitter. Accessed on May 24, 2022.
  3. "Alejandro Bettinotti, author of a work that fuses tango, rock and urban poetry, died." www.ambito.com. Accessed on May 24, 2022.
  4. Essay addresses "the hidden tango" by the official culture 10/1/2011, Télam
  5. Tangos between Gardel and Tangalanga 10/19/2004, Diario Clarín
  6. ↑ Jump a:Interview at biendeabajo.com
  7. The irreverent guard 6/11/2009, Diario La Nación.

External links[edit]

Friday, September 30, 2022

Ella Baila I Tango Movie | Natalia Hills

https://www.ellabaila.com/


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From her Facebook page:
After two years of hard work, we proudly announce that our film "Ella Baila" will be released in an Avant premiere in Toronto on May 1st during the Toronto Spring Tango Weekend.
Ella Baila was filmed in El Tacuari Tango, with a crew of dancers, technicians, and friends, Natalia Hills, alongside Luis Tarantino will guide us in this magical journey.
A display of "New Steps", secrets, and memories accompanied by a selection and restoration of old footage, some never seen before.
A bridge between the past and the present, Ella Baila wishes to make honor those men and women who spread and kept alive the tradition as a legacy to a new generation of dancers, as well as a source of material to those that may come after us.
Support the Legacy and help to spread the word.
Ella Baila will be officially available on streaming on July 1st, become a contributor now and gain access to the streaming release and a special mention in the credits at a special price. Visit Ella Baila Official website and learn more about the film and how to become a contributor or sponsor of this project.
www.ellabaila.com






Friday, March 11, 2022

Con el Tango - The Film

CON EL TANGO – A FILM BY JUDITH ALBRECHT AND URQUIZA TANGO PRODUCTIONS.

THE FILM “CON EL TANGO” TELLS THE STORY OF THE COUPLE CHICHE NÚÑEZ AND ESTER DUARTE AND THEIR SALON URQUIZA IN BERLIN

What happens to self-esteem and dance when you leave your homeland? That’s the question that both of them are asking when they’re looking for a personal home.

Chiche and Ester open the Salon Urquiza in Berlin, where they want to build a home and re-create the Urquiza style. At the same time, both prove themselves as dancers on international stages, they teach, organize milongas, become parents, close the salon, lose and find each other again.

The film accompanies the dance and love couple through their life with the tango. After almost 15 years of recordings, fine work and a lot of travel, we are infinitely proud to be able to present this film to you.


WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR – PRIZES, FILM FESTIVALS AND ALL NEWS ABOUT THE COMPLETION OF THE MOVIE “CON EL TANGO”

Our movie was completed in April 2020. A glamorous premiere was planned for May 2020, which could not take place due to the global situation. We didn’t let ourselves get down: we hit the path of international festivals. The hope to be able to offer a premiere soon remains, as soon as circumstances permit.

The start was in Denmark: the film was presented as the main event as part of the Jewish Culture Festival in the centre of Copenhagen.. After the performance, the protagonists Ester Duarte and Chiche Nunez were interviewed and answered questions from the audience before everyone was invited to a family milonga.

So the film’s journey continued: in March 2021 we received our first prize as best documentary film in the South Film and Arts Academy Festival from Chile. In June, it was an honorable mention at the 2021 ARFF Paris // International Awards in the category Best Documentary Film. And finally, in July 2021, we received the great news from the prestigious Indipendent Film Festival Marina del Rey Film Festival® in Los Angeles, California, that our documentary was awarded best documentary film in a foreign language. What a pleasure to be able to share the laurels with you via Instagram and Facebook!

After about 10 years of filming, 3 years of post-production and a year and a half of limited opportunities for the distribution of independent films, we look to the future with great gratitude and confidence, and we are satisfied with the past. In recent times, the only motivation has often been a strong will to keep moving forward. And now we can present a sincere film, an (hopefully!) Artful statement about tango, expressed through and enriched by the 7th art.

Work continues behind the scenes in order to be able to organize a German, even Berlin premiere in a “real” movie theater. We will be happy to keep you up to date. Yo can sign up for our Newsletter and follow us on Urquiza-Facebook and Instagram.



https://urquiza.com/index.php/con-el-tango-the-movie/?lang=en





Con el Tango - Trailer (engl) from Urquiza Tango Productions on Vimeo.

"LEYENDAS DEL TANGO DANZA" - Tango Documental/Documentary

Saturday, February 5, 2022

Tango zu Besuch Documentary

Tango zu Besuch from Irene Schueller on Vimeo.

https://vimeo.com/213944173

Does tango make you happy or lonely? That is unclear. But it is clear that it is addictive. Singles find people who can hug them. Couples find a new crackle. Tango is a great spectacle when you can master it, the dancers are beautifully groomed...

The film: Five young dancers immerse themselves in the sensual and erotic world of tango night after night, far away from their native Argentina – in the Black Forest. All are single. Everyone is addicted to the passionate and melancholic dance. Everyone wants to meet, to merge in a couple, in beauty and elegance. Everyone longs to meet themselves in the embrace of strangers. The eroticism is staged, but the closeness is real./The eroticism is real, but the closeness is staged. This leads to misunderstandings and conflicts that the couple doesn't show to the outside world on the dance floor. How much is play, how much do the rigid gender roles hold the tango captive?

“Visiting Tango” shows the different needs and perspectives and how they affect the small scene. Ruben is happy about the clear distribution of roles, while Susanna is committed to more equality. Christian enjoys the fleeting contacts with women, but Helena is looking for real encounters. Joscha, on the other hand, doesn't want to know anything about interpersonal relationships. He would like to make tango his profession and earn money with it. Lovingly, with lots of music and fine humour, "Tango zu Visit" tells what is happening in the dance halls far away from Buenos Aires. A round milonga leads from the fresh desire to the wistful pain of parting in time lapse through the whole love drama.

After this unusual tango film, you know why five young people are lonely together in a highly aesthetic and touching way.



Macht Tango glücklich oder einsam? Das ist unklar. Klar ist aber, dass er süchtig macht. Singles finden Menschen, die sie umarmen können. Paare finden ein neues Knistern. Tango ist ein großartiges Schauspiel, wenn man ihn beherrscht, die Tänzerinnen und Tänzer sind wunderschön zurecht gemacht...

Der Film: Fünf junge Tänzerinnen und Tänzer tauchen fern seiner Heimat Argentinien – im Schwarzwald, Abend für Abend in die sinnlich-erotische Welt des Tango ein. Alle sind Single. Alle sind dem so leidenschaftlichen wie melancholischen Tanz verfallen. Alle wollen Begegnung, aufgehen im Paar, in Schönheit und Eleganz. Alle sehnen sich danach, in der Umarmung mit Fremden sich selbst zu begegnen.


Die Erotik ist inszeniert, aber die Nähe ist echt./Die Erotik ist echt, aber die Nähe inszeniert. Das führt zu Missverständnissen und Konflikten, die das Paar auf der Tanzfläche nicht nach außen hin zeigt. Wie viel ist Spiel, wie sehr halten die starren Geschlechterrollen des Tango gefangen? 


„Tango zu Besuch“ zeigt die unterschiedlichen Bedürfnisse und Sichtweisen und wie sie sich in der kleinen Szene auswirken. Ruben ist froh über die klare Rollenverteilung, Susanna dagegen macht sich für mehr Gleichberechtigung stark. Christian genießt die flüchtigen Kontakte mit Frauen, Helena jedoch sucht nach echter Begegnung. Joscha wiederum will vom Zwischenmenschlichen nichts wissen. Er möchte Tango zu seinem Beruf machen, damit Geld verdienen.


Liebevoll, mit viel Musik und feinem Humor, erzählt "Tango zu Besuch“, was sich in den Tanzsälen fern von Buenos Aires abspielt. Eine runde Milonga führt vom frischen Begehren zum wehmütigen Abschiedsschmerz im Zeitraffer durchs ganze Liebesdrama. 


Nach diesem ungewöhnlichen Tango-Film weiß man, warum fünf junge Menschen auf höchst ästhetische und berührende Art gemeinsam einsam sind.

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Céline // a scene from “Queer tango goes to Russia” documentary

VamFilms Brussels, Belgium Films & visual works by Aleksandr M. Vinogradov.

Céline // a scene from "Queer tango goes to Russia" documentary from VamFilms on Vimeo.

"Queer tango goes to Russia" will take the audience into the unique and passionate world of Queer tango. The story will follow festivals’ preparation, focusing on the culmination of the event and its outcome in the wider political and social context. Each queer tango character presented in the film has a personal reason to make this journey and a story to tell. From Europe to Russia and back, the kaleidoscope of stories will bring all characters at the singular meeting point - Queer tango festivals in St. Petersburg.

Saturday, December 28, 2019

Tango On A Visit Documentary/Feature Length


Tango on a Visit from Irene Schueller on Vimeo.


52 minutes

From Irene Schueller, visual artist/filmmaker: https://irene-schueller.de/portfolio/tangozubesuch/

Rent or purchase here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/tangoonavisit

A documentary about the desire to get closer to oneself through the embrace with a stranger.

Five young dancers dive into the sensual world of Tango, far from its Argentinian homeland – in the Black Forest. All are single. All submit to the erotic spell of the passionate and melancholic dance. All seek to be joined as one with the ideal partner, and to be admired as well as desired for their beauty, elegance and perfection. All are addicted to the kick, getting high through the embrace of strangers.

The eroticism is staged, but the proximity is real. The perfect tango face masks inner conflict. How does a dancer negotiate the fragile border between playing a rigid gender role and actually becoming that role? “Tango on a Visit” explores the tensions between artifice and reality in this unique subculture. The film’s protagonists represent various aspects of this struggle. Ruben is happy about the clear gender roles, while Susanna would like to have more gender equality. Christian enjoys the ephemeral contacts with women, but Helena, is looking for real encounters. Joscha, in turn, is unconcerned about human relations on the dance floor. He wants to make tango his profession, to make money.

“Tango on a Visit” is an affectionate and at times comedic portal into a subculture that is every bit as brutal as it is beautiful. The tango scene is ruled by a small class of hard core Tangoistas. Wannabes are viewed with arrogance and contempt by the accomplished dancers who practiced years to get where they are and to earn admission into their special society. Nothing is worse than being stuck on the dance floor with a stumbling fool, risking being brought down to the incompetent’s level, while attempting to maintain the dignity and elegance of one’s perfected Tango persona. No one wants to miss out on the dizzying, eroticized kick that a great dance brings, but which is only possible with a partner of equal mastery. At the same time, the arrogance sends a signal for those unworthy dancers to keep away. Is the pain worth it for a great dancer – an “unapproachable one” – returning home alone, after the music has fallen silent?

Happy or unhappy? A round of Milonga leads us through the whole love drama from the fresh desire to the wistful farewell pain. After this Tango film, you know why five young people are lonely together in a highly aesthetic and touching way.





Tango "Soul Teaching" Documentary (short)

The History of the Embrace in Tango Dance :: Documentary by Gustavo Benzecry Sabá

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Un disparo en la noche . Documental (Completo) (ENGLISH/FRANCAIS)



Una orquesta de tango, doce cantores y doce nuevas canciones.

“Un disparo en la noche” reúne a los más importantes exponentes del tango contemporáneo y logra un punto de inflexión en la discografía del más emblemático patrimonio argentino.

El documental, filmado completamente en Buenos Aires por el director Alejandro Diez, muestra el detrás de cámaras de la producción de este álbum, describiendo la filosofía que precede al trabajo en estudio y mostrando -al mismo tiempo- una mirada sobre el tango de hoy.

Un disco grabado en menos de seis horas en los míticos Estudios ION –donde grabaran Piazzolla, Stampone, Salgán, Pugliese, entre cientos- es narrado en imágenes, música, momentos ad libitum y entrevistas con los principales protagonistas de la actual música ciudadana.

La nueva época de oro del Tango afirma no sólo la música, sino el valor de la canción para el desarrollo de nuestro género popular.

Dirigida y Editada por Alejandro Diez



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Google Translate:

An orchestra of tango, twelve singers and twelve new songs.
 
"A shot at night" [a shot in the dark?] brings together the most important exponents [components?] of contemporary tango and achieves a turning point in the discography of the most emblematic Argentine heritage.
 
The documentary, filmed completely in Buenos Aires by director Alejandro Diez, shows the behind the scenes of the production of this album, describing the philosophy that precedes the work being studied and showing - at the same time - a look at today's tango.
 
An album recorded in less than six hours at the legendary ION Studios - where they recorded Piazzolla, Stampone, Salgán, Pugliese, among hundreds - is narrated in images, music, moments ad libitum and interviews with the main protagonists of current citizen music.
 
The new golden age of Tango affirms not only music, but the value of the song for the development of our popular genre.

Directed and Edited by Alejandro Diez





Thursday, September 5, 2019

MilongaRix - Berlin Tango Doc clip


MilongaRix 720p from Arkadiusz Chrusciel on Vimeo.


I have been asked to help in the last leg of creation of the "Berlin Tango Clip" produced by Jonas Zadow & Horst Martin + dancers of the Berlin tango scene . We were shooting at famous Ballhaus Rixdorf. Some jibarm and steadycam was used. Enjoy if you into social dancing...

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

MILONGUERXS Tango en la nueva era - Documentary Trailer

MILONGUERXS Tango en la nueva era | Teaser documental filmado en distintas ciudades de Europa, dirigido por Alberto Germanó y Mauro Cena. Seducido por el presente, el Tango revive... Milonguerxs de todo el mundo, noche a noche, salen al encuentro de un nuevo abrazo. Work in progress.
Milonguerxs Tango in the new era | Teaser documentary filmed in different cities of Europe, directed by Alberto Germanó and Mauro Cena. Seduced by the present, tango revives... Milonguerxs from all over the world, night by night, come out to meet a new hug. Work in progress.

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Last Chance Tango :: Short Film Project :: A film about a man who meets the twin of his deceased wife and tries to connect with her by learning tango together



From Sonja Strathern's Kickstarter page:

A film about a man who meets the twin of his deceased wife and tries to connect with her by learning tango together.


Do you have a dance story? Everyone who learns to dance Argentine tango has a backstory. It usually involves an introduction, maybe like falling in love, and then the hard part involving years of work, like a long term relationship. Those who dance Argentine tango often invest in a life-long learning of technique. Tango is danced in an 'embrace' and fulfills a spectrum of emotional needs as well as being social and fun.


I wrote this story about Daniel, a man dealing with a tragedy, who is just keeping it all together in his life. At an event, he sees a woman named Sarah, who strongly resembles his deceased wife. Miraculously, Daniel and Sarah discover she and his wife were twins, adopted to different families. When they see a tango performance, Daniel asks Sarah to learn tango with him, hoping to connect with her and win her love. But things don't always turn out as planned. Will he get his last chance? Tango is not as easy as he thought.


I drew upon personal experience as a tango dancer, with the generosity and help of my local tango community in Eastern Iowa. I began learning tango ten years go in Houston, Texas, and asked my former teacher, Joan Bishop to be my actress to play herself. She volunteered her time and made the visit in February during one of our worst Iowan winters.

Complete info here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strathearn/last-chance-tango#

Monday, September 17, 2018

"For The Love of Tango" :: Tango Documentary [2014]

One hour, nine minutes (1:09) Available to rent or purchase on Vimeo OnDemand: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/36554/125482844


For the Love of Tango from Work site on Vimeo.


Filmmaker Susan Kucera captures the story of a blind man’s journey into the intoxicating, complex world of Argentine tango and explores the impact tango has had on the lives of professional tango dancers, teachers, performers, and enthusiasts. In the end, beyond the fancy footwork, beautiful dresses, high heels, and dazzling performances, tango is about discovering of oneself. Shot on location in the United States (Hawai‘i, New York, Seattle, Portland), the Czech Republic, Germany, and Canada, For the Love of Tango reveals how we can communicate with one another beyond all barriers of race, language, age or physical limitations.

Bonus Dance Material included
For more information: Loveoftangomovie.com
Professional Tango Performers and Teachers Featured:
Jorge Torres and Maria Blanco
Natalia Hills
Gabriel Misse
Mayte Valdes and Carlos Barrionuevo
Alex Krebs
Ilana Rubin and Tony Fan
Astrid Wieske

From the filmmaker's KickStarter Page (from 2012-2014):

For the Love of Tango..... Through the story of one blind man we explore the intoxicating, exciting and complex world of Argentine Tango. How did a blind person become involved in this dance, how does he navigate the dance floor full of other dancers when he can’t see and how does he asks someone for a dance? By accompanying him on his journey we learn about and experience a whole other world.

We delve into the lives of professional Tango dancers and teachers, including Tango Master: Jorge Torres of Broadway’s: ‘Forever Tango’, world class Tango performers like Natalia Hills & Gabriele Misse, Mayte & Carlos Barrionuevo, international tango teachers like Alex Krebs, Brigitta Winkler, Tony Fan and Ilana Rubin among others, as well as ‘regular people and lovers’ of the dance whose life has changed as a result of being immersed in it.

As Suki Schorer, (she danced with the NYCB under Balanchine 1959-1972. Promoted to principal in 1968 by Balanchine. She joined the faculty of SAB as a full time teacher in 1972. and now holds the Brown Senior Faculty Chair), reminds us: ‘It is an addiction.... but a healthy one.’

Tango challenges everyone who enters into its world from the relationship between the sexes to exploring our limitations; our ability to surrender and let go, to finding confidence and grace in our bodies and minds. It shows how we can communicate with one another beyond all barriers of race, language, age or physical limitations. It is truly a universal language that can inspire and connect us beyond the surface.

In the end we see that beyond the fancy foot work, beautiful dresses, high heels and dazzling performances Tango is....... really about the discovery of oneself.


from the creators:

Life is like a dance - I knew nothing about the Tango, other than what most people know of it if they haven't danced it themselves, dancers in perfect rhythm, legs flashing, alluring costumes, the characters of the professional dancers' persona on stage - but as I entered this journey with a film makers eye, interviewed and edited, I discovered what all the passion is about for those who try to learn the dance themselves. It has all the flavors of life and I could see clearly why my partner, Gawain Bantle loved it to such a degree.

The film is about the inner essence of Tango and it's parallels to what life is - full of joy, frustration, attraction, love, narcism, humility, fear, balance, human interconnectedness, and the mastery of the art of Tango. As in any art, the artist has to bring forth what he or she feels inside balanced with good training in order to do the dance well. You have to know the rules, but then you have to let go and really feel! Life is like a dance, we come together, share special moments, and ultimately part: as the great dancer, Jorge Torres remarks, to dance Tango… to really dance Tango… you must discover yourself.

The film exists because of Gawain Bantle's enthusiasm for the dance and he and I have been on location in several countries and unusual locations doing principle photography for a few years. We've produced the film ourselves shooting it in between other projects. The inimitable dancer Jorge Torres, a true professional and one of the most amazing human beings I have ever met signed on as Executive Producer and together we have worked to finish "For the Love of Tango". With some last minute post-production costs, we're almost there.

- Susan Kucera - director, producer, cinematographer

Monday, July 30, 2018

Orquesta Típica :: Tango or Death :: Documentary Film

Documentary film about Orquesta TípicaFernandez Fierro directed by Nicolas Entel. I read something about tango meets punk rock, or tango meets Metallica. I hadn't heard of them, nor this film, before this morning. Will have to watch...

Separate but related...the origins of the "orquesta típica" in tango...here


Documentary website here: http://www.orquestatipica.com/

Trailer here:




Full-length doc here, although search out and purchase it if it's available...on iTunes or wherever...

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Tango, No Todo Es Rock :: Documentary

I'm working on finding the full doc...this is the trailer...the first video is an interview with Pedro Lombardi at a screening/exhibition in Beruit...





Ten years after having photographed the young dancers who sparked the Tango revival,
Pedro Lombardi comes back to the shores of the Rio de La Plata.

Support this movie on : www.ulule.com/tango

From the Ulele Crowdfunding site:

« Tango, no todo es rock » could have been a documentary about Tango, a dance that has
sparked a renewed interest during the last few years. It is rather a movie on the intimate and
fascinating world of the “Tangueros” and their “Milongas”, a world where the myths of
Tango are being relentlessly reinvented since the early 20th century.






Jacques Goldstein follows photographer Pedro Lombardi in a treck around the Rio de la Plata, between Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the capitals of Tango.

Through his encounters with old acquaintances, he examines what they've become.

This discovery of the circle of those who keep Tango alive and the prospect of a common work between two confirmed visual artists, drove them to make this movie.

Pedro Lombardi, author of a photography book that has become areference for tango connoisseurs, “Invitation au Tango” (2005, Editions du Collectionneur). He shared with the great figures of that culture some key moments in the dance's evolution.
He has developed a love story with, and also practiced, Tango. More than his culture, it is a
part of his life. Thus was he able to make friends the Maestros: Mariano “Chicho” Frumboli, Esteban Cortez, Evelyn Rivera and Gisela Natoli.
This allows him to gather not only rare, but authentic testimonies. His involvement and
reputation enable him to pry into each one's personal stories : love stories, mob stories, failure
and success stories in a continent which is undergoing a complete cultural and economical
renaissance.






Synopsys :

Ten years after having photographed the young dancers who sparked the Tango revival, Pedro
Lombardi comes back to the shores of the Rio de La Plata. During these new photo sessions,
the “tangueros” confide in the privileged witness of their beginnings. Through these intimate
testimonies, one can see the outline of the great history of Tango. A mythology made of
dreams of glory - sometimes accomplished -, of couples breaking up, of European exile and of
returns to the homeland.

An eternal movement back and forth :

It is a project which fits into the very history of Tango, into its perpetual shift back and forth between the black dark shores of the Rio de la Plata and the white shores of the Seine river.

Can an authentic popular culturre thrive in the energy of an emerging country, away from the world's former centerof gravity, the old Europe ?

Through the cliches and myths - which, as Roland Barthes once wrote, are meant to be
reinvented and re-appropriated -, there is always a truth to be found about who we are, or
think we are.

And if one cares to look, these myths tell the story of our world.
A world that awakens, “creole”, that is neither black nor white, but in black and white.



What are the funds for?

We've received a subsidy from the National Center for Cinema (CNC), which allows
us to launch the shooting, albeit in very precarious conditions and with no budget security...
Despite this, the shooting crew came back from it's trip with great enthusiam, magnificent pictures and beautiful interviews;

That's why, we solicit your help in order to finalize the movie most of our budget has been assigned to the shooting. Today, we still lack 5000€ to finish the post-production :

Color Grading
Mixing
Musical broadcasting rights
Translation and transcription from Spanish to French necessary for eventual subtitles
and dubbing.

We are, of course, aware that your help is more than valuable, not only for the financial boost,
but also to finish convincing various oganisms and investors to fund our movie.

About the project owner
Vidéo de poche :

Antonin, Benjamin and Felix, the new generation of workers at Vidéo de Poche, are the
promoters of this documentary project.
Eager to get Vidéo de Poche's film production branch back on track, they initiated the project and put a breath of youth into the movie.

They need your help to go through with this adventure, starting point for a new era in their professional
lives.

Jacques Goldstein : Director

After studying philosophy and aesthetics, Jacques Goldstein turned to television. Entering
France 2, France's second national network, he worked as an assistant on a popular music
program, “Les Enfants du Rock” (The Children of Rock). He produced several musical
documentaries for the show, including a portrait of Miles Davis in 1986. He then directed
documentaries exploring the relations between Black culture and White Culture, exile and
creation, music and society.

Documentary Filmography
« Matthew Shipp, a black mystère pianist » 45mn. Mezzo 2011.
« Retour en Afrique-Konono N°1 » 52mn Trace TV 2009, TV Nantes.
« Do you still ? » 52mn Mezzo, June 2008.
« David Murray , I am a Jazzman » 52mn nominated for Arts et spectacle competiton
FIPA 2008, ARTE.
"Hors chant" 52mn, Selected for « Séance spéciale : regards sur le spectacle vivant »
FIPA 2007, shown on january 23rd 2007, opening night for FIPA's twentieth anniversary.
"Jungle Blue" 70mn. SACEM Musical creation documentary award, Special jury
award at the États généraux du documentaire Lussas 2005, Nominated for a "Rose d'or" at
Lucerne 2005.
"La Nouvelle-Orléans" 45mn Les Films d'Ici. Broadcast on 02/21/2002 on Arte and in
2003 on RTBF (Belgium) and TSR (Switzerland).
"What’s going on?" 52 mn portrait of musician Femi Kuti, broadcast on ARTE on the
show Music Planet, produced by La Huit production. Shown on 09/22/2001 non-competing
selection FIPA 2001. Rerun on France O in January 2006, selected for the Radio France
festival in Montpellier in July 2007.
"Johannesburg" 52mn broadcast on Paris Première, produced by Films d’ici. Rerun on 08/
29/2002 this film was shot in 2000 and braodcast for the first time in 2001. Selected by the
MK2 Beaubourg for Documentary Month 2002.
"La route des Roms" 26mn,in collaboration with journalist Laurent Cibien. An Arte/
Arbracam co production for "Reportages". Broadcast on Arte on 23/04/2003 and on TV5 in 2004.
"This is our music" 52mn Produced by La Huit Production and Universal Jazz France,
broadcast on Mezzo in March of 2003.
"Un sang d’encre, Black as ink" 52mn With Aimé Césaire, Melvin Van Peeble, and
Gordon Parks produced by La Huit Production for Planète, Histoire, PBS USA, CFI.
Rerun on Histoire in June of 2001.
"Wadada, Leo Smith" 52mn, produced by La Huit Production 2010.




Pedro LOMBARDI – photographer

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Pedro LOMBARDI has been living in Paris for 25 years.
Eager to learn about different things and – especially - people, his work as a photographer
started with several photo reports in Russia, the U.S., Morocco, Canada, and New Caledonia.
Two angles emerge from this work : at once witness and actor, social and cultural - through
theater, music and dance. Du to his cosmopolitan background, he is fascinated by the
universal language of music. He has been working for several years on Candombe, the Afro-
Uruguayan rhythm, “collective practice” that has been transmitted from one generation to the
next (exposed at the Fnac and the Biarritz International Festival 1998).

Always building bridges between Latin America and Europe, he took up the theme of Tango
in Paris in 1998 (Exposition and catalog : Unesco, 1999), and has since pursued it in both of
the cities that gave it birth : Montevideo and Buenos Aires. His approach is both that of an
esthete and that of a connoisseur, a Tanguero. He looks at the women invited to dance with
that same eye, and in this relation, as in dance, all the sensuality the complicity and intimacy
that make Tango magic build up.
That work has been published in a beautiful book :
« Invitation au Tango » (Editions du Collectionneur, Paris 2005) and in a musical