HOME USE
It is said that flamenco is a way of life.
STREAMING
Flamenco: the Land Is Still Fertile - DIRECTOR'S CUT
We shot this film in southern Spain’s “cradle of flamenco,” in and near the city of Jerez de la Frontera. Our associate director, a well-known singer from Jerez named Antonio de la Malena, knows “everyone” in the flamenco world. He ensured that the documentary gives an accurate representation of this passionate art form, and secured the participation of the region’s most important performers of traditional flamenco.
Traditional flamenco – our focus – is closely associated with the land of its birth. In modern times, it has produced many kinds of fusion which the public often confuses with the original. But the fusions lack the emotional force of the original. Plus, if you cut off the tree’s roots by letting traditional disappear, the branches – the fusion – may wither away as well.
We’ve used performance, interviews, a narration and other materials to show what traditional flamenco is, and we contrast it with flamenco fusion so that the viewer will be able to distinguish between the two.
SPECS: 1 hr. 45 min., color, HD. In Spanish with English subtitles.
DVD
The DIRECTOR’S 2ND CUT .available here, is 1 hr. 40 min. and comes with a 5-min. Extra, a guitar solo by popular modern flamenco guitarist Diego del Morao.
Again, the documentary was shot in southern Spain’s Jerez de la Frontera, and combines world-class performance, fascinating interviews, a narration by famous flamenco singer Antonio de la Malena, and other material.
SPECS: Color, HD, produced/directed by Eve A. Ma, in Spanish with English subtitles, has closed captions. Length of DIRECTOR’S 2ND CUT is 1 hr. 40 min. plus the 5-min. Extra;
MUSIC & OTHER
Para ti mi cante… que es mi libertad - music album featuring Antonio de la Malena
Antonio de la Malena’s double album of flamenco singing (cante), Para ti mi cante… includes 16 tracks for a full two hours of very fine, traditional flamenco. He is accompanied by several fine guitarists: Manuel Parilla, Domingo Rubichi, Malena Hijo and Santiago Moreno.
In addition to alegrias, bulerias and seguiriyas, etc., Malena sings us trilla, serrana, and other less well-known forms. A very complete album that aficionados will appreciate.
Malena is three-times winner of best singer in the prestigious, annual Festival de Flamenco de Jerez de la Frontera. I
tours extensively and has sung solos on every continent except for Australia and Antarctica.
NECK SCARVES
Neck scarves made in Spain by the wife of associate director Antonio de la Malena. Quantities limited, choose your color: two-tone grey, white, grey with gold, blue, pink, and white with brown.
