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| VIDEO PREMIERE: NOVALIMA MIXES AND REMIXES AFRO-PERUVIAN MUSIC. |
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 Novalima (Peru)
Coba Guarango
Novalima is exactly that- a new take on Afro-Peruvian music. So while we can still hear the root of Coba Guarango as an incantation to the spirit of fire, we are also treated to a subtle arrangement and a mix that calls upon a wide range of influences from cool jazz to club groove. The video gives us some sun-saturated local color as two teams of boys battle it out in a kind of street hockey. |
| BLOCK #117 DEBUTS WITH A MIXED BAG |
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 Block #117 is a "Mixed Bag" indeed, comprised of live performances, concept videos and great animations. And the music is just as varied, from Latin America, China, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. Jorge Nasser offers a meditation on an artist's life, while Hector Buitrago (of Aterciopelados) offers an animation that is a spiritual reverie. Aygun Baylar sings her heart (and tonsils) out at the Sharq Taronalari competition, and Iran's Mamak Khadem transforms a Sufi poem into a tribute to the fallen of the Iran-Iraq war. Jarret, a Czech folk-rock group gives us a remarkably evocative animation using antique postcards, and we end with Sa Ding Ding's sumptuous epic about a bygone civilization, "Alive." Air Dates:
Tuesday, July 14th, 5:30 am (PT) 8:30 am (ET)
Tuesday, July 14th, 2:30 pm (PT) 5:30 pm (ET)
Friday, Juy 17th 12:30 am (PT) 3:30 am (ET) |
| CINEMONDO: NASTY PARAPLEGICS FROM FRANCE IN "AALTRA." |
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 Aaltra (France)
Directors: Gustave Kevern, Benoît Delépine
Official Selection — 2005 Tribeca Film Festival;
Winner — FIPRESCI Prize, 2004 London Film Festival
Winner — Best Belgian Actor, 2004 Plateau Awards
This one-of-a-kind gem has left critics trying to trace its roots in everything from Jacques Tati for its hilarious visual wit to Bad Santa for making comic protagonists out of an ill-tempered pair who make everyone else miserable. Gus (Gustave Kervern) is a hot-under-the-white-collar manager and his neighbor Ben (Benoît Delépine) is a slovenly, lazy farmer. Their mutual loathing leads to a brawl in the midst of which they are crushed under the mechanism of Ben's tractor, and left paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of their lives. Condemned to each other's company, as well as to wheelchairs, they set off on an odyssey of revenge, determined to get reparations from the manufacturer - Finnish-based “Aaltra” - of the equipment they blame for their fate. The film's intransigent wit and mordant humor are close cousins to the work of a famed Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki who turns in a cameo appearance in the final sequence. Co-directors and co-stars Delépine and Kervern met while working at Canal Plus on a television show called Grolandsat. After collaborating on several sketches, the two began work on this absurdist road movie which became a surprise hot ticket on the international festival circuit. — Peter Scarlet
“…one of the funniest black comedies in some time.” — Time Out New York
Airdates
Saturday, July 11th 08:00 pm (PT) 12:00 am (ET)
Wednesday, July 15th 05:00 pm (PT) 08:00 pm (ET)
Thursday, July 16th 12:00 pm (PT) 03:00 pm (ET)
Friday, July 17th 02:00 am (PT) 05:00 am (ET) |
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 We were about to post the latest blog, an interview with Rupa, of Rupa and the April Fishes, when we got a heads up on "United for Neda," a gripping video about the Tehran uprising. So this week's blog was a double header! It's well worth seeing, so head on over and check it out. Rupa is a fascinating and engaging woman, a doctor and an artist with a genuine passion for humanity, and the Iran video speaks for itself. |
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