(as) we as artists and activistsĬontinue to create the world in which we want to live.” Listen to this music, you’ll hear the possibilities. “‘Fandango at the Wall’ is ultimately a project of convergence.

“I’ve been making music for decades, and I’ve neverĮxperienced a more enveloping and transformative art form. Navy veteran and New York Times best-selling author as wellĪs a music and now-film producer. The power of Afro-Mexican music known as son jarocho,” says Sehgal, a U.S. “Our film shows how the border can become a place of friendship and amity by harnessing As they travel, they meet legendary son jarocho musicians – including Patricio Hidalgo, Fernando Guadarrama, Ramón Gutiérrez, WendyĬao Romero, Tacho Utrera, Andrés Vega, Martha Vega and Yaratczé Hidalgo Sandoval –Īnd recruit many of these artists for the upcoming festival, established by Castillo Sehgal on a tour of Veracruz, Mexico, where this musical mixture of indigenous, SpanishĪnd African traditions originated. Producers of the film are musician and music and film producer Quincy Jones, guitaristĬarlos Santana and diplomat Andrew Young.īefore recording, festival organizer Jorge Francisco Castillo takes O’Farrill and

Prepare to record a live album at the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The 2020 documentary follows Grammy Award winners O’Farrill and Kabir Sehgal as they

Responsibility to honor their trust by capturing the illuminated beauty of their mystical They took a leap of faith, and I felt a great “There are few, if any,ĭocumentaries about son jarocho, and little has been written about it. Have been moved to claim their community’s right to belong and to be happy via theįandango,” says film director and co-writer Varda Bar-Kar. Musicians, who in the face of violence and instability triggered by mass human migrations, To view the trailer and register for, or “pre-order,” either orīoth screenings, visit “‘Fandango at the Wall’ is a timely and transcendent story about a group of masterful These screenings on Monday, Nov.Ģ, at 7:30 p.m. Tour of Independent Filmmakers’ 2020-2021 series. Two free online screenings of the film as part of the South Arts Southern Circuit Martin School of the Arts at East Tennessee State University is sponsoring Top son jarocho musicians, culminating in a performance at the border wall. The Wall” takes viewers on a journey through Mexico with Afro Latin Jazz Orchestraįounder and conductor Arturo O'Farrill, where he meets and makes music with the world’s The makers of the 2020 independent documentary “Fandango at the Wall” and musiciansĪnd fans at the annual Fandango Fronterizo count on that.įor 11 years, the masters of son jarocho Mexican music and fans have gathered on both sides of the Tijuana-San Diego borderįor the music and dance festival Fandango Fronterizo. JOHNSON CITY – “Music can change the world because it can change people,” Irish singer-songwriter

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