Tango Negro: The African Roots of Tango https://www.reelhouse.org/artmattanfilms/tango-negro https://africandiasporavideo.com/products/blacks-in-latin-america BLACKS IN LATIN AMERICA is a 2-DVD set featuring Tango Negro: The African Roots of Tango (Argentina and Uruguay) a revealing documentary that traces the origins of tango back to the slave trade between Africa and South America and explains how the music and dance evolved into a Latin American form with myriad styles

Dom Pedro

Angolan filmmaker Dom Pedro (pictured left) says that he was inspired to make this documentary after watching Cameroon beat Argentina in the Soccer World Cup in 1990. He noticed that there were a lot of black soccer players in the Latin American teams except for Argentina and Chile. It wasn't until her met pianist Juan Carlos Caceres, who was very interested in the introduction of drums in tango. The conversation about drums lead to talking about Africa.

Juan Carlos Caceres

Juan Carlos Caceres, a highly respected Argentinian pianist and Tango enthusiast, composed the music for the film and wrote the book 'Tango Negro'. He was born in September 1936 and unfortunately died of cancer at his home in Paris in April this year. The music he composed for the documentary is infectious, upbeat and will have you dancing around in your seat as you watch the story unfold. 

Sylvain Giradeau

The sound design was made by Sylvain Girdeau who has an extensive list of films that he has worked on. Girdeau completed his studies at Institut International de l'image et du son. He now lives in Paris, France
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