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"Mining", the publicist Jorge Martinez, a preview of "From root to branch," from producer Carlos del Moral, and documentary Weekly Report issued to mark the 40th Festival, projections have been visionadas.
Cultural Agenda 53 International Festival del Cante de las Minas de La Unión has released "The Morning Film Flamenco", a series of audiovisual and related short flamenco, with the Union and with the Festival, to be held until next August 6, and will relay the series "Literary Mornings Flamenco".
In this opening day projections have been three selected: first, the documentary that aired on Television Weekly Report Spanish in 2000 on the occasion of the 40th edition of the Festival.
The program director, Genaro Castro, pointed out that this documentary was then presented by the Princess of Asturias, who worked at TVE, and stressed that "reflects the history that flamenco has given this town. Troveros, guitar players or experts jondo transmit their passion for flamenco that every year gathers in the Cathedral of Cante.'s future where singers, dancers or musicians aspire to the highest honors that every contestant wants to win. "
Beyond the flamenco, the documentary tells the hard life of the miners unionenses associated with lifting songs.
Genaro Castro has said, at the end of the projection, which was shown at the Opening Day of the Festival, with performances by Flamenco Roots, has nothing to envy to show fusion of Japanese music recently hosted the Royal Theatre.
What you see in La Union and projected through the Mark Spain is pure feeling, the truth of the song, the experiences of the miners, and ultimately, a reflection of life and death. "In his speech made reference to two great figures, Pencho Cros (three-time winner of the Mining Lamp) and Juan Valderrama "the artist who has aged and sung best flamenco".
Weekly Report will receive the trophy next Sunday Pencho Cros ex to equo journalism, part of the XIV International Cultural Festival Call on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, for its extensive and exceptional track record for advocacy, dissemination and promotion of flamenco in general and the International Festival del Cante de las Minas de La Union in particular.
The second documentary was designed "from the root to the branch", producer and screenwriter Carlos del Moral, who has shown a preview of the work that still recorded in the Union, and which stars to the dynasty of the Fernandez.
Tells the story of Antonio Fernández 'El Abuelo', patriarch of the family that started the recovery clubs Levante in the Cante de Las Minas.
Throughout the documentary reflects the history of this saga and his musical evolution of four generations of artists, "from the grandfather jondura musical fusion of styles and latest generation grandson of the Fernandez", according to Del Moral.
Carlos del Moral is a great lover of flamenco has always felt admiration for the work undertaken in the Festival del Cante de las Minas, and due to the Fernandez family trust placed in him, he decided to produce this documentary about her figure principal.
Finally, it has projected the award winning documentary "Minera", directed and produced by the creative Murcia Jorge Martinez, a visual poem in the form of documentary on the trip he made in July 2012 and Mining Lamp singer Rocío Márquez, who traveled from La Union up inside the well of Santa Cruz de Sil, in Leon, to sing a mining locked a group of miners in protest.
There, according to Jorge Martinez, "like a lamp, Dew shone his singing, the depths of despair with hope and brightness. La Union, lifting mining songs, and those seven men, were fused with Dew on a single regret, we wanted to become a symbol of unity, humanity and culture. "
The film has won numerous awards since its debut, as two Grand Laus design, which gives Fostering Arts and Design (FAD), and the Golden Sun Award in Latin American Festival of Advertising Communication.
Also, this work has been awarded audiovisual XIV International Call the Cultural del Cante de las Minas Pencho Cros Trophy with the visual arts, and collect Jorge Martinez, on Sunday at 20 am in the House of the pinion.
Cultural Agenda LIII International Festival del Cante de las Minas continues this afternoon with the delivery Institutional Act Castillete Golden dancer and choreographer Eva "Peppermint".
At night, in the Old Public Market and prior to the performance of Peppermint, will be delivered to UK Ambassador, Giles Paxman, Cathedral of Cante Award, the Festival gives this country in recognition of his work in conservation promotion and dissemination of culture and the art of flamenco.
Source: Festival del Cante de las Minas
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