Exploring Cultures through Film and Events

NOTE for EDUCATIONAL & INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASERS: For “Events,” the film you choose will be available on-line for 7-10 days for your members PLUS there will be a Q&A with the filmmaker, or activity, or panel discussion.  

Of Beauty & Deities:  Music and Dance of India  (one hour).  This film focuses on the southern Indian classical dance and music form called bharatanatyam as it is practiced in the diaspora – specifically, in northern California.  Through the efforts of academy teachers K.P. Kunhiraman and his wife Katherin – both trained in India – young women mostly children of immigrants from India learn the beautiful and exacting dance, while the musicians who accompany them are brought over from India .  LINK to trailer & home use streaming

From Box to Cajón:  Peta’s Heritage (de la caja al cajón:  la herencia de Peta) (30 min.),  A bilingual dilm that explores the history of a little-known Latino community that has given the world a very popular musical instrument, the Peruvian cajón.  We are taken on a voyage of discovery through the stories of some leading percussionists from Peru and the United States.   . LINK to trailer & home use streaming

Pearls from the Sea:  Music and Dance of Tahiti  (32 min.),  The lively music and dances of Tahiti are quite different from the slower, more graceful Hawai’ian.The music is primarily made with drums and the dances use a lot of hip!  Men as well as women do these, and as our dancers explain, they tell stories.  A fun film. .  LINK to trailer & home use streaming