American Sabor Film Series
February 20, March 27 & May 8, 2011
Sundays @ 2:00pm
Musical Instrument Museum
Film Screenings and Discussion led by Dr. Paul Espinosa
Professor in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University
This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music which is on display at MIM through May 18, 2011.
Tickets - Free with museum admission
American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music tells the story of the profound influence and impact of Latinos in American popular music. Through a rich display of artifacts, instruments, audio/visual interactives, listening kiosks, and films, this dynamic exhibition showcases some of the most important and iconic Latino musicians of the 20th century, including Los Lobos, Ritchie Valens, Linda Ronstadt, Freddy Fender, Selena, Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe, Rubén Blades and Celia Cruz.
The Chicano WaveFebruary 20, 2011, Sunday, 2:00pm
From Ritchie Valens and Freddy Fender to Linda Ronstadt, Los Lobos, and Selena, a new generation of Mexican Americans raised on rock, rhythm and blues, and country music expresses their cultural identity through Chicano rock, Latin rock, and Tejano. This film is part of PBS’s LATIN MUSIC USA Series which highlights the great American music created by Latinos, and celebrates the Latin rhythms at the heart of jazz, rock, country, and rhythm and blues.
Ballad of an Unsung HeroMarch 27, 2011, Sunday, 2:00pm
This half-hour documentary, produced and written by Paul Espinosa, chronicles Pedro J. Gonzalez's long and colorful life, from his early days with Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution, to his career as a popular recording star and radio personality in Los Angeles in the 1930s, to the controversial court case that sent him to San Quentin Prison.
The Salsa RevolutionMay 8, 2011, Sunday, 2:00pm
Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in New York reinvent Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms, adding elements from soul and jazz to create salsa. Follow the rise and fall of legendary Fania Records with famed artists Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe, and Rubén Blades. This film is part of PBS’s LATIN MUSIC USA Series which highlights the great American music created by Latinos.
Musical Instrument Museum
4725 E. Mayo Blvd. | Phoenix, AZ 85050 | 480.478.6000
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Mike O'Neil '73 has written an article about Egypt, entitled "Egypt: Now the Hard Part"
Many thousands of Egyptians, fed up with 30 years of oppressive rule, successfully called for Mubarak's resignation. Their rhetoric is all about Democracy. If their focus remains only on Mubarak, however, they're unlikely to end up with anything resembling real democracy.. . . unless other institutions are in established and new norms of civic behavior are operative, the version of democracy that Egypt may end up with may resemble that which we have seen in numerous countries elsewhere in Africa: "One Man, One Vote, One Time."
See the rest at the Huffington Post.
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