Tierra Caliente… The Best Ones Are Passing Away

2004 | Color | 50 min

Tierra Caliente? The Best Ones Are Passing Away Don Ángel Tavira: 82 years old, still tireless, a violin virtuoso with a missing right hand. Today, he?s determined to preserve an art in extinction: the music of his homeland, la Tierra Caliente in the state of Guerrero. Let?s hope neither time, nor oblivion, nor anything else stops him

Country: México
Direction: Vargas Quevedo; Francisco
Script: Vargas Quevedo; Francisco
Production: Johnson; Maribeth, Rodríguez; Hugo, Castro; Ángeles
Photography: Vargas Quevedo; Francisco
Sound: Fernández; Pablo, Hernandez; Marco
Music: Juan Reynoso; Don, Hnos Tavira; Conjunto, Don Zacarías Salmerón;, Tavira; Don Ángel, Don Plutarco Ignacio;, Luz Hernandez; Don
Participation year at FICM: 2004

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