Friday 15th November 2024
Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Malcolm X, Duke Ellington, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Fidel Castro
Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice...
Saturday 23rd February 2019
Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martínez, Edlison Manuel Olbera Núñez, Laura De la Uz and Fidel Castro
Andrea Calderwood, Claudia Calviño, Viola Fügen, Juan Gordon and Michael Weber
The director Icíar Bollaín presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. A dancer who did not want to dance.