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Los Zafiros - Music From The Edge Of Time

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Lorenzo DeStefano

USA | 2003 | 85mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled

  Wednesday 15th | 5.00pm | Triskel Arts Centre
Music, history and emotion fuel this dynamic tribute to Los Zarifos 'The Beatles of 1960's Cuba'.

Against the backdrop of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, two youths from the tough district of Cayo Hueso decide to form a vocal group.

To those whose lives they briefly touched, Los Zafiros are legends. A musical phenomenon moulded by their time and place, Los Zafiros caused a sensation at home and beyond throughout the 1960s.

Thirty years after the band's break-up, surviving members, Manuel Galban and Miguel Cancio, reunite in the streets of present-day Havana, a place full of unforgettable songs and memories for them and their intensely loyal fans. Family members, fellow artists, and friends weigh in to create a stirring and definitive portrait of Los Zafiros.

Full of joy and sadness, this film serves as a remarkable visual and musical history of post-revolutionary Cuba.

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