While appearing on the Melissa Harris Perry show on MSNBC to the discuss the New York Times piece "A Breakout Year for Black Films," filmmaker Tim Reid talked about several films including "Chico and Rita" and France's "The Intouchables."
Chico & Rita is a Spanish animated feature-length film with Spanish and English languages directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. set in Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a
beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite
them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York,
Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary
Cuban pianist and five-time Grammy-winning composer Bebo Valdés, CHICO
& RITA captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and
jazz, and features the music of (and animated cameos by) Thelonious
Monk, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Tito
Puente, Chano Pozo and others." Cinedigm·
For more information, go to: http://www.theintouchables.com
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