Kicking off the 18th Annual Havana Film Festival New York, the Bronx Museum and the Hostos Center for Arts & Culture co-host a screening of Playing Lecuona, a musical travelogue and tribute to the late Cuban pianist and composer, Ernesto Lecuona. Serving as guides through Lecuona’s music are three of the most gifted Latin Jazz pianists in the world: Chucho Valdes, Michel Camilo, and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Following the film, enjoy high energy Cuban sounds from Gerardo Contino y Los Habaneros, named by NPR/WNYC as Manhattan's best band of 2015.
Pavel Giroud & JuanMa Villar Betancort | Spain-Colombia | 2015 | Documentary | 114 mins
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Produced by the Bronx Museum of the Arts in collaboration with the Hostos Center for Arts & Culture, Asho Productions, and the Havana Film Festival New York.
