Cinema

Paranoia and passion: Almodovar’s movie music
In Pedro Almodovar’s movies, music has always played a central role. A few days before the screening of his new film La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I’m In) in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, a double album of the best soundtrack songs from all...
11/05/2011

PEDRO ALMODOVAR CINEMA MUSIC CAETANO VELOSO

2011 Cannes Film Festival
In 2010 Chadian director Haroun Mahamat-Saleh won the Jury Prize. This year he’s one of the judges...
10/05/2011

CINEMA HAROUN MAHAMET-SALEH CHAD CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Fela! on stage and on screen
Catch the award-winning show at the National Theatre and via a live broadcast to cinemas on 13 January 2011
01/12/2010

FELA KUTI AFROBEAT THEATRE MUSIC CINEMA

Brazilian Cinema Showcase arrives in London
Inffinito presents the second London edition of its Brazilian Film Festival 1 – 5 September 2010
31/08/2010

BRAZIL CINEMA

Afghan Star soundtrack out now
The soundtrack to Havana Marking’s award-winning documentary Afghan Star is a welcome introduction to Afghani pop culture
15/10/2009

CINEMA SOUNDTRACK AFGHANISTAN

Besouro - Brazil's new capoeira superhero on film
One of the biggest productions in the history of Brazilian cinema, Besouro hits screens in October 2009.
12/08/2009

CINEMA BRAZIL CAPOEIRA

Freedom
Music plays an essential role in all Tony Gatlif’s films, including his latest, Korkoro (Freedom). We talk to the director about how he combines his cinema with music. Your new film Korkoro (Freedom) is set in Nazi-occupied France. How did you...
17/02/2010

cinema society

No One Knows About Persian Cats : The Tehran Underground
In 2008, the celebrated Kurdish-Iranian film-maker Bahman Ghobadi ventured into the Tehran underground and encountered a buzzing clandestine music scene. The discovery led him to make the “90% true” movie ‘No One Knows About Persian...
13/01/2010

cinema iran kurdistan music society

Soul Power
With an extraordinary line up of the greatest African and African-American artists of the day, the epic Zaire 74 festival preceded the Ali/Foreman fight in Kinshasa. Original footage of the events delivers true Soul Power.
24/06/2009

soul cinema

Puglia Sounds
It will be the window of Puglia Sounds in France and in all Europe. This blog will show all the i...

AFRO by SOUL
Africa is the future and the future is now…as the prophecy unfolds Eric Soul is as always ahead o...

The Center for Black Music
The Center for Black Music in Salvador, Bahia, and the International Exhibition of Black Music in...

Charlie Gillett
Charlie Gillett was one of the UK's leading World Music journalists. For years he presented a wee...

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