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Friday, October 7, 2011 @ 7pm AfroLatin@ Forum presents:
"Recordando el Mamoncillo" a docu-film by Pamela Sporn
¡Aqui Estamos! AfroLatin@ Film Series Opens With "Recordando el Mamoncillo" and "Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories," two films by Pamela Sporn.
Recordando el Mamoncillo Pam Sporn (2006, 15 mins.) Directed and produced by Pamela Sporn
Every second Sunday of July from the 1960s through the early 2000s, hundreds of Cubans and lovers of Cuban music assembled at the Bohemian Beer Garden in Queens for the Recordando el Mamoncillo festival. The festival is hosted by el Club Cubano Inter-Americano and modeled after a dance that many of the club’s members had attended in Cuba. “El Mamoncillo” was not just a dance, but also an event that maintained Cuban culture and provided a way for Cuban families and friends to reunite every year.
Recordando el Mamoncillo tells the story of the yearly festival. The history and cultural importance of El Club Cubano and the Recordando el Mamoncillo festival is brought to life by dance scenes, testimonies of long-time members of the club and musical performances by Son Sublime, Chico Alvarez y su Palo Monte, Charanga All-Stars, and others.
El Club Cubano Inter-Americano, an Afro-Cuban social club was formed in New York City in 1945. Inspired by Antonio Maceo, the Black Cuban hero of the Cuban war of independence, El Club Cubano was founded with the objective of creating a cultural space that would welcome Cubans and other Latin Americans regardless of “race, sex, and political or religious creed.” In its heyday the club held banquets in honor of boxer Kid Gavilán, singers Beny Moré and Celia Cruz. Until recently, El Club Cubano was held together by a group of elders who continued to host the annual “Recordando el Mamoncillo” dance.
Club Cubano Inter-Americano in 2011 is more enthusiastic than ever, with a new generation of leadership and members determined to keep the flame alive.
Their Festival de La Guayabera held this past Saturday, October 1st, 2011 at The Polonaise Ballroom in Yonkers, New York sold out and was a testimony to the enduring spirit of the club.
The Club Cubano Inter-Americano is looking forward, once again, to presenting La Fiesta del Mamoncillo, next summer 2012. Documentary, 57 minutes Spanish & English subtitles Directed by Pam Sporn Edited by Rafael Parra Original score by 2005 Grammy winner Oscar Hernández
Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories highlights the historical journey of a black Cuban family, revealing that the Cuban-American experience is more complex racially and ideologically than is popularly understood. Pablo Elliot Foster, the son of Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants, narrates Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories. After his father returns to Cuba for the first time after 33 years in the US, Pablo decides to explore his own Afro-Latino identity. Pablo’s guides are his father, aunt, and uncle, who emigrated from Cuba as children in1962. Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories is the visual autobiography of one family that confronts questions of diaspora, class, immigration and identity.
WNYC's Jerome L. Greene Space 44 Charlton Street (corner of Varick) New York, NY 10014 Time: 7pm
A Q&A session will follow all films.
For more info on: The AfroLatin@ Film Series go to: www.afrolatinoforum.org El Club Cubano Inter-Americano go to: www.ecciny.org Recordando el Mamoncillo go to: www.fiestadelmamoncillo.org
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