Emma is a French-Cameroonian flight attendant who gets caught by the police when she tries to smuggle drugs on a flight from France to the Dominican Republic. She escapes the police car, and still handcuffed, is picked up... Read Article
Lila Aviles’ debut film The Chambermaid (La Camarista) starts out strongly by introducing a quiet, mousy Eve that dutifully cleans, scrubs and organizes one messy luxurious hotel room after another. Immediately, the viewer feels like one is peering... Read Article
“¡Barranquilla es la capital mundial de la mùsica africana!” (Barranquilla is the world capital of African music). If you ever have the chance to visit the city of Barranquilla on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, then there is a good... Read Article
On behalf of Sounds and Colours, I went on a mission to discover Latin American food in London, and the search had me visit restaurants of Argentinian, Brazilian, Cuban, Mexican, Peruvian food, as well as a couple that... Read Article
On October 2nd the CASA Latin American Theatre Festival will arrive in London for its 9th year celebrating and showcasing the best in contemporary Latin American Theatre. The festival was created in 2007 by Daniel Goldman to fill... Read Article
Imagine: a proud lion has been chased, shot and trapped by poachers who descended heavy-footed upon his land. The poachers are winged and foreign to the lion’s land, as well as dispassionate, or passionate only to wealth’s nefarious... Read Article
Marx and Freud in Latin America, subtitled Politics, Psychoanalysis and Religion in Times of Terror, written by Bruno Bosteels and published by Verso, is a collection of ten essays which explore the enduring influence of the two on... Read Article
Nothing shatters preconceived notions of what it means to be a musician in Latin America faster than seeing artists from four different countries create a cultural exchange unlike any other on stage. In the neatly packaged world of... Read Article
Aluna holds a long-awaited message and the anticipation of its release has been brewing, not only amongst documentary film lovers, but anyone that remembers the BBC’s 1990 film, From The Heart of The World: The Elder Brother’s Warning.... Read Article
Here’s Calle 13, one of Latin America’s finest, doing what they do best, celebrating Latin American culture. On “Latinoamérica” they are joined by Susana Baca, Totó La Momposina and Maria Rita for a real tour de force of... Read Article
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has highlighted the immense contribution that Latin American communities have made to the economic, cultural and social fabric of the capital. Speaking at the City Hall, on September 2nd, at a reception... Read Article
Sometimes it takes fresh ears to see the big picture. This can certainly be said of Sarazino, the brainchild of Lamine Fellah, a musician and producer based in the high altitude of Quito in Ecuador. His new record,... Read Article
