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Susana Baca, memoria viva

  • Susana Baca, memoria viva
Genre : Musical
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Music, Cinema/tv, History/society
Year of production : 2003
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 54 (in minutes)

Director: Mark Dixon
From: Peru/Belgium
Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Susana Baca is not only a champion in the performance and preservation of Afro-Peruvian heritage, but also an elegant singer whose shimmering voice sings of love, loss and life. Susana and her husband Ricardo Pereira have founded the Instituto Negrocontinuo "Black Continuum" in Lima, a spirited facility for the exploration, expression, and creation of Black Peruvian culture. While Baca has dedicated herself to researching and performing virtually all forms of Afro-Peruvian folklore, it is the lando that has become her trademark. This slow to mid-tempo, highly evocative mix of Spanish, Indigenous and African rhythms has become what the son is to Cuba, or the samba to Brazil-the lando is the sound of Black Peru.

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