Fandango at the Wall: The HBO Film, Followed by a Panel & Conversation

Film screening followed by a panel moderated by Alexandra Délano Alonso, Professor of Politics and Global Studies at The New School.

Panelists:

Jorge Castillo – Founder and Director of Fandango Fronterizo
Arturo O’Farrill – Pianist, composer, and faculty at The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and Mannes School of Music
Patricio Hidalgo – Director of Conga Patria Son Jarocho Collective
Alexandra Délano Alonso – Professor of Politics and Global Studies at The New School

Location: The Auditorium on 12th Street / The New School

ABOUT THE FILM:

Fandango at the Wall follows Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra founder/conductor Arturo O’Farrill to the remotest regions of Veracruz, Mexico, where he meets and jams with the masters of son jarocho. Son jarocho is 300-year-old folk music rooted in the land that combines African, Indigenous and Spanish traditions.

After Arturo’s inspiring journey to a place where time seems to stands still, he and his orchestra join the masters of son jarocho at the border between the United States and Mexico for a son jarocho music and dance festival called Fandango Fronterizo (founded by Jorge Francisco Castillo).

The festival takes place simultaneously on both sides of the United States/Mexican border transforming this object that divides to one that unites.

With a poetic musical approach inspired by the son jarocho tradition, Fandango at the Wall reveals a Mexico seldom depicted, and delves into the current mass human migrations spurred by violence, poverty, and corruption.

Director: Varda Bar-Kar
Producers: Kabir Sehgal, Doug Davis
Executive Producers: Quincy Jones, Andrew Young, Carlos Santana

Featuring
Douglas Brinkley
Regina Carter
Wendy Cao Romero
Jorge Francisco Castillo
Mandy Gonzalez
Fernando Guadarrama
Ramón Gutiérrez
Jacob Hernández
Patricio Hidalgo
Arturo O’Farrill
Antonio Sanchez
Yaratczé Hidalgo Sandoval
Kabir Sehgal
Tacho Utrera
Andrés Vega
Martha Vega
The Villalobos Brothers

Trailer:

Film – Fandango at the Wall

EVENT SCHEDULE:
Thursday, October 30 at 4:00-5:30pm
~Film Screening, followed by a panel moderated by Alexandra Délano Alonso, Professor of Politics and Global Studies at The New School
Location: The Auditorium on 12th Street / The New School

Thursday, October 30 at 7:30-9:00pm
~Fandango at the Wall in Concert
Location: Tishman Auditorium / The New School