The Mamboniks

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Friday, February 14, 2020 at 1:25 PM

UA Tara Cinemas

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Tomas Algarin

Latin Jazz & Salsa Music Historian and Educator

Friday, February 21, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Regal Perimeter Pointe

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Tomas Algarin

Latin Jazz & Salsa Music Historian and Educator

Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 1:00 PM

Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center

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Alfredo Piceno

Owner, Salsambo Entertainment
Gabby Spatt

AJFF Board Member & Executive Director, Blue Dove Foundation

Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 3:55 PM

Landmark's Midtown Art Cinema

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Dr. Hazel Gold

Associate Professor of Spanish & Portuguese and Interim Director Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, Emory University

About The Film

Jewish soul and Cuban song meet on the dance floor in this nostalgic look back at the jubilant mambo phenomenon that swept the nation in the 1950s. Seeking a diversion after the war, Jewish Americans fell head over heels for the hot-blooded mix of sultry, infectious Latin and Afro-Cuban rhythms coming from Havana. The mambo’s rise is traced from Cuba to its peak popularity in neon-splashed New York, the art deco hotels of Miami Beach, and the resorts of the Catskills. Against an upbeat big band soundtrack, the free-spirited mamboniks of yesteryear reunite to spin colorful tales, recalling their love affair with the Cuban dance craze, and their kinship with diverse cultures at a time of racial segregation and anti-Semitism.