An obituary for Victor Jara, the Chilean folksinger who was murdered in a football stadium by the military junta during the days of the September 1973 coup.
La última rumba de Papá Montero is a 1992 Cuban film directed by Octavio Cortázar. The film focuses on a contemporary documentary production company that is attempting to create a non-fiction feature about Papa Montero, a 1930's rumbero who was murdered during Havana's carnival celebrations. The film uses flashback sequences to recreate Papa Montero's celebrated dance and his disastrous involvement in a fatal love triangle. The film features rumba-inspired dance sequences performed in the streets of Havana by El Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba.
A beautifully constructed love letter transforming a 1993 interview conducted by the Cuban filmmaker with her grandmother, into a celebration of not only her grandmother’s legacy but also a tribute to the larger history, struggle and tenacity of Black Cubans and Black Cuban women in particular.
