The World Premiere of Ricardo Bacallao‘s film documenting a unique tribute concert and celebrating the music of Cuban jazz legend… Read more Tribute concert to Bebo Valdés
Author: Ricardo Bacallao
(Cuba/USA)
He is a film director and founder of the Black Cuba series, studied directing for film, radio, and television at the Universidad de las Artes in Cuba and obtained his Master of Fine Art from the University of NY.
He is the director of a documentary series (5 documentaries in 2018) about Cuban music in Berlin and the "Orixa devotion in Berlin" 2019, about the practices of „Candomblé" and „Santería“ in Berlin.
Berlinale 72 / Forum Special
The Maji-Maji Readings at the International Berlin Film festival 72 edition in 2022, Forum Special
Cinema Festival: Cuba Inside Out
“Playing Mambo with Mozart” documentary of 29 minutes and “Mondongo Cubano” fiction film are both films to be screening at… Read more Cinema Festival: Cuba Inside Out
Rassismus in der Kulturszene
Colonial images and racist myths are perpetuated in the media and cultural landscape. Film director Ricardo Bacallao resists this perspective.… Read more Rassismus in der Kulturszene
DigiART-Filmabend (work in progress) “Journey to Benin – Between the Serpent and the Sea”
A Brazilian, in his Ph.D. investigation, starts to realize how the point of view of the Westen has built for… Read more DigiART-Filmabend (work in progress) “Journey to Benin – Between the Serpent and the Sea”
DigiART-Filmabend “Orisha Devotion in Berlin”
The focus of the documentary” Orisha Devotion in Berlin “is the Berlin, is the Berlin Candomblé house Ilê Obá Silekê… Read more DigiART-Filmabend “Orisha Devotion in Berlin”
DigiART-Filmabend “Short Radiography of Hip Hop in Cuba”
Despite significant social change in Cuba, Blacks continue to be ostracized and subjugated to a colonial perspective. In 1995 a… Read more DigiART-Filmabend “Short Radiography of Hip Hop in Cuba”
DigiART-Filmabend in honor of Black History Month presents: „Los Mambises“
ARTivisten e.V., in cooperation with Bacalao Films, and with support from Stiftung Umverteilen-AG Asien, invite you to the digital Movie… Read more DigiART-Filmabend in honor of Black History Month presents: „Los Mambises“
[Film presentation] “Orisha Devotion in Berlin” @ Forum Brasil
In zwei komplett ausverkauften Sessions (natürlich unter Corona-Hygienebedingungen) zeigen wir erstmals bei uns im Forum Brasil den 60-minütigen Dokumentarfilm “Orisha Devotion” … Read more [Film presentation] “Orisha Devotion in Berlin” @ Forum Brasil
[Film presentation] “A short radiography of hip-hop in Cuba” and “Cubans on the edge of the Berlin wall” @ Cultural Center, New York, USA
This online film series gathers together a selection of highly acclaimed documentaries by Cuban, American, and European filmmakers – half… Read more [Film presentation] “A short radiography of hip-hop in Cuba” and “Cubans on the edge of the Berlin wall” @ Cultural Center, New York, USA
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