This month we will be discussing BAKOSÓ: AFROBEATS DE CUBA (2019, Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, 49 mins). We will not be screening the film. BAKOSÓ will be streaming on PBS. Producer and Director Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi will join us for the discussion.
What does "Está Rico" by Marc Anthony, Will Smith & Bad Bunny have in common with "Made For Now" by Janet Jackson x Daddy Yankee? They both high-jacked AfroBeats and did not give the genre's origin props. Bakosó is a film that does the opposite, following DJ Jigüe to his hometown of Santiago de Cuba to find inspiration from the new sounds. He finds Afrobeats has helped create a new genre of music called Bakosó, which itself is beautiful proof that the exchange between Cuba and Africa did not end with the transatlantic slave trade. Through stunning visuals and a score created by the founders of the genre, the film shows the technology, culture and landscape that shape this African-Caribbean fusion.
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What does "Está Rico" by Marc Anthony, Will Smith & Bad Bunny have in common with "Made For Now" by Janet Jackson x Daddy Yankee? They both high-jacked AfroBeats and did not give the genre's origin props. Bakosó is a film that does the opposite, following DJ Jigüe to his hometown of Santiago de Cuba to find inspiration from the new sounds. He finds Afrobeats has helped create a new genre of music called Bakosó, which itself is beautiful proof that the exchange between Cuba and Africa did not end with the transatlantic slave trade. Through stunning visuals and a score created by the founders of the genre, the film shows the technology, culture and landscape that shape this African-Caribbean fusion.
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This month we will be discussing BAKOSÓ: AFROBEATS DE CUBA (2019, Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, 49 mins). We will not be screening the film. BAKOSÓ will be streaming on PBS. Producer and Director Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi will join us for the discussion.
What does "Está Rico" by Marc Anthony, Will Smith & Bad Bunny have in common with "Made For Now" by Janet Jackson x Daddy Yankee? They both high-jacked AfroBeats and did not give the genre's origin props. Bakosó is a film that does the opposite, following DJ Jigüe to his hometown of Santiago de Cuba to find inspiration from the new sounds. He finds Afrobeats has helped create a new genre of music called Bakosó, which itself is beautiful proof that the exchange between Cuba and Africa did not end with the transatlantic slave trade. Through stunning visuals and a score created by the founders of the genre, the film shows the technology, culture and landscape that shape this African-Caribbean fusion.
You will receive instructions to join via zoom after you sign up. Look for an email from MoAD after you sign up, if you don't receive it in your inbox, look in your spam or junk mail.
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What does "Está Rico" by Marc Anthony, Will Smith & Bad Bunny have in common with "Made For Now" by Janet Jackson x Daddy Yankee? They both high-jacked AfroBeats and did not give the genre's origin props. Bakosó is a film that does the opposite, following DJ Jigüe to his hometown of Santiago de Cuba to find inspiration from the new sounds. He finds Afrobeats has helped create a new genre of music called Bakosó, which itself is beautiful proof that the exchange between Cuba and Africa did not end with the transatlantic slave trade. Through stunning visuals and a score created by the founders of the genre, the film shows the technology, culture and landscape that shape this African-Caribbean fusion.
You will receive instructions to join via zoom after you sign up. Look for an email from MoAD after you sign up, if you don't receive it in your inbox, look in your spam or junk mail.
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