26 Jun 2008
Coffee Masters is a documentary by Miguel Kohan, produced by Lita Stantic, Gustavo Santaolalla and Walter Salles. It tells the story of great tango of the old guard who, summoned by a rock musician, proposing a record to demonstrate its validity. This adventure, full of memories, humor and poignant moments, culminating with a presentation of the Masters at the Teatro Colon.
09 Aug 1985
A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies, art works, dance performances, historical footage, photographs of Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century, and texts by Celedonio Flores and Enrique Santos Discépolo.
22 Jun 2018
Featuring dozens of performances from the living rooms, backyards, and unconventional venues throughout Athens, GA, the first Athens Rising film takes a deep look at music, dance, food, stand-up comedy, strange theater, visual art, and the origins of AthFest.
01 Jan 1965
The life, work and tragic disappearance of Carlos Gardel, the Creole thrush.
16 Apr 1964
Newsreels, songs and films by Gardel, real scenes with events and historical figures from Argentina and the world, images of the accident that took his life in Medellín and the funeral in Buenos Aires.
A documentary about Medellín's historic and continued connection to tango and its most iconic figure.
30 Aug 2018
A cinematic portrait of the world-wide legendary Argentinian composer who changed tango. For the first time ever, the hidden archives of bandoneón player Astor Piazzolla are opened by his son Daniel.
17 Oct 2004
The story takes us on a journey of tributes to the greatest bandoneon player of Buenos Aires, Aníbal Troilo, through interviews, musical sequences, dance and the powerful presence of football. The film intertwines fiction and testimonies to reveal to us a brilliant musician.
04 Dec 2003
Argentinean singer and tango legend Ada Falcón disappeared without a trace in 1942 at the height of her career. This is the story of how she was located sixty years later, living in an unexpected way, in an unexpected place.
08 Jul 2024
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14 Jul 1988
Documentary filmed in Buenos Aires that shows the importance of tango for Argentines, with dance scenes, voiceovers and interviews with professionals but also with other anonymous characters who find their form of expression in this music. The film was shot at a time of tango revival around the world.
01 Oct 2020
A group of Carlos Gardel fans gathers every year at the Chacarita Cemetery to commemorate the anniversary of his death. Gardeliana portrays the ritual of a national hero, a day of saddened faces that coexist between the marvelous and the ghostly.
06 Apr 2014
A musical tour through the work of Aníbal "Pichuco" Troilo, one of the defining figures of tango and Argentinian music.
29 Nov 2012
Musical documentary about the love story between tango lyricist José María Contursi and a village girl named Gricel. After a passionate and forbidden romance, Contursi and Gricel separate and propose to forget each other, but they discover that forgetting is impossible.
23 Nov 2019
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01 Aug 2014
The life of the last female singer of the golden age of tango, who died at 102 years of age. Nelly Omar stood out as one of the consecrated interpreters of tango and national folklore.
23 Jun 1990
Concert and Interview with Astor Piazzolla and his sextet by the BBC-Bristol.
01 Oct 2008
The compelling story of a group of young Argentine musicians racing against time to learn and preserve the elegant and nuanced music played by the legendary Golden Age tango orchestras of Buenos Aires in the 40's and 50's.
Five young dancers are obsessed with tango, far from its homeland Argentina: in the Black Forest. Helena, Susanna, Christian, Joscha and Ruben are all single. Their all-consuming passion is a dance with rigid gender roles and hierarchical rules. How does this conflict with modern, everyday life? How are relationships and the longing for a partner affected by the tango life? "Tango on a Visit" unmasks the unique subculture and the emotional conflicts which are normally hidden behind the elegant spectacle of the erotic dance.
22 Oct 1999
Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for the design of a cultural center. The tycoon mistakenly believes that Oscar is gay and has him spy on his mistress Amy. Oscar goes along with it and ends up falling in love with Amy.