BGuthrie Photos: JxJ (2019) @ AFI/Silver -- "The Mamboniks" (w/Alexis Gillespie, in conversation with Bill Newcott)

JxJ (2019) @ AFI/Silver -- "The Mamboniks" (w/Alexis Gillespie, in conversation with Bill Newcott):

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Description of Pictures: THE MAMBONIKS
Q&A with filmmaker Alexis Gillespie
During the 1950s, free-spirited, mostly Jewish dancers from New York City fell head over heels for the mambo, a hot dance from Havana, Cuba. Their love for Latin rhythms earned them a nickname: the Mamboniks. DC-based filmmaker Alexis Gillespie tracks their joyous story from the Jewish resorts of the Catskills, to Manhattan's famed Palladium Ballroom, Miami's Gold Coast Ballroom and of course Havana. Featuring the infection sounds of Tito Puente, Celia Cruz and Mongo Santamaria, Gillespie explores how two cultures, Jewish and Latino, met on the dance floor at a time when America was racially segregated, and anti-Semitism was commonplace. DIR/SCR/PROD Alexis Gillespie. U.S., 2019, color, 90 min. NOT RATED
The filmmaker was interviewed by Bill Newcott.

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