Bakosó: Afrobeats of Cuba, dir. Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, USA 2019, 49 min.
This lively documentary follows DJ Jigüe – who created Cuba’s first independent Afro-Cuban music label and arts collective – to his hometown of Santiago de Cuba to explore the origins of bakosó. Delving into the cultural history of this Afrobeats/Cuban-fusion genre, the film traces the influence of Afrobeats on music production worldwide.
This screening is part of Film Feels: Obsession, a UK-wide cinema season supported by the National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
04:00 pm
Sat, 13 Jul 2019
Cinema 2
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no. 236848.