It is all in the bending of the knees...
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It is all in the bending of the knees... Posted on Dec 10 2006 at 11:28am by This supple doc was a total surprise.
I stumbled into it on a windy December Sunday morning. And even though it was mainly in cuban the subtitles,that did not hinder me.
The central character, Rafaela (featured in the pic clip), was what pulled me in (her receipe for cooking chicken in coke a cola)and enough to anchor my interest.
The true icing on the cake was when I realized not only was it about Cuban expatriots but also, dancing the Rumba and music. There are beautiful done personal stories woven in between the clave and the hip movements.
I found the piece intelligent warm, informative, and electricly charged. I even got up and began to rumba, no joke!
Well done...
RE: It is all in the bending of the knees... Posted on Dec 30 2006 at 12:13pm by I caught the last 20 minutes of this, unfortunately. As a Cuban American, I loved what I saw of this documentary. Hoboken was once affectionately coined "Little Havana". Much or the Cuban community once living there has now migrated to (where else) Miami. I would have loved to see the musical sequences. From what I see, this is not airing again - I just got the Sundance Channel because the area where I lived switched from Time Warner to Comcast. Does ANYONE out there know if this documentary is available for purchase? I'd love to have it. The culture, the music, the food, it's what keeps us going and its wonderful that the stories are kept alive by wonderful documentaries such as this one.
Sundance Channel PLEASE SHOW THIS ONE AGAIN!
zingiraquel wrote:
(Dec 10 2006 @ 11:28am)
This supple doc was a total surprise.
I stumbled into it on a windy December Sunday morning. And even though it was mainly in cuban the subtitles,that did not hinder me.
The central character, Rafaela (featured in the pic clip), was what pulled me in (her receipe for cooking chicken in coke a cola)and enough to anchor my interest.
The true icing on the cake was when I realized not only was it about Cuban expatriots but also, dancing the Rumba and music. There are beautiful done personal stories woven in between the clave and the hip movements.
I found the piece intelligent warm, informative, and electricly charged. I even got up and began to rumba, no joke!
Well done...