by the El Reportero’s news services
Cuban group Buena Vista Social Club will perform today at the White House during the reception that President Barack Obama will offer on occasion of the Hispanic Heritage Month, announced the U.S. executive.
Government sources said that ‘Buena Vista Social Club is the first Cuba-based group to perform at the White House in more than 50 years’.
The musical project rescued and brought together in the 90s of last century great figures of Cuban music, thanks to the efforts of the guitar player from the United States Ry Cooder. For two decades, the group, which took its name from a social and musical Havana Club has performed in countless venues around the world.
During the celebration, Obama will deliver a speech on the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated since 1968 and runs from September 15 until this Thursday-and for the first quarter century of the White House Initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
This summer, the United States and Cuba reestablished diplomatic ties as part of a process of normalization of bilateral relations announced last Dec. 17.
Festival Photo Mexico to bring together 500 photographers
The First International Festival Photo Mexico 2015 will bring together 500 photographers from 33 cities, with 130 exhibitions in 122 venues and the participation of 31 museums and 21 Mexican states.
About this initiative, Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, president of the National Council for Culture and Arts (Conaculta), said Photo Mexico represents an opportunity to disseminate photography.
He described the event as fundamental to understand the richness of photography in the contemporary cultural offer.
Meanwhile, Elena Navarro, director of the festival, explained that the event opens with exhibitions ranging reflection and analysis of art image from the daguerreotype to the latest digital techniques.
Photo Mexico 2015 International Festival will open with the exhibition La Cámara de las Maravillas (The chamber of wonders).
This event invited several of the most important public and private collections in Mexico and abroad to participate in its program of exhibitions.
Film Desert shines in Cinema International Sample in the UK
The film Desert directed by the Mexican filmmaker Jonas Cuarón, captured the attention of moviegoers gathered at the International Film Festival of London, scheduled until Sunday in this capital.
In the film by Cuarón, immigration is a recurring theme in Latin American cinema, complemented by various human virtues, including heroism and hope.
Starring Mexican actor Gael García Bernal, the film won the FIPRESCI prize in the Special presentations category of the 40th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada.
Considered the most important film event in the UK, the London Film Festival will present a film called Chronicle, directed by Michel Franco, who won the award for best screenplay in Cannes, France.
The film illustrates the life of David (Tim Roth), a nurse who has strong links with terminal patients, but in his personal life, he is reserved and distant.
Meanwhile, the film Las Elegidas (The Chosen) by film director David Pablos; A Thousand-Headed Monster, by filmmaker Rodrigo Pla; and Lucifer, by the director Gust Van den Berghe, are other attractions of the British appointment.
