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Percusion, impresiones, y realidad = Percussion, impressions and reality /

This is the first comprehensive U.S. film to explore the origins and growth of traditional Puerto Rican music. Interviews with musicians living in New York reveal how traditional music is used as a source of resistance against cultural domination. Their music is also a means by which Puerto Rican cu...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Siegle, Allan (Director), Luban, Francia, 1912-1987 (Producer), Choy, Christine (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish with English subtitles.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Third World Newsreel, 1978.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Music > Puerto Rico > History and criticism.
Puerto Ricans > Music.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York.
Musique > Porto Rico > Histoire et critique.
Portoricains > Musique.
Portoricains > New York (État) > New York.
Music
Puerto Ricans
New York (State) > New York
Puerto Rico
documentary film.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Documentary films
Nonfiction films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:This is the first comprehensive U.S. film to explore the origins and growth of traditional Puerto Rican music. Interviews with musicians living in New York reveal how traditional music is used as a source of resistance against cultural domination. Their music is also a means by which Puerto Rican culture is maintained and transformed. The film focuses on the music of "Lexington Avenue Express", a group that has taken their music to community centers, political events, prisons and music festivals.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 12, 2020).
Originally released in 1978.
Physical Description:1 online resource (30 minutes)
Playing Time:00:29:43
Production Credits:Executive producers, Francia Luban, Christine Choy ; director, Allan Siegel ; cinematography, Larry Bullard ; translations and subtitles, Jose Gaztambide.