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¡Gracias, Santiago! Original Audio Recordings

by BPBS Arts & Media

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Party Party Tomb of Marti 05:25
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A Horny Introduction to Carnaval 00:50
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Wedding in the Street 08:52
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Float On, Dancing Girls, Float On 01:58
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Dance On, Floating Man, Dance On 01:05
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Early Morning at Moncada 01:50
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Late Night with Son Caribe! 04:23
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Late Late Night with Candido Fabre! 02:53
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Percussive Maintenance (Works Every Time) 04:47
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Grand Finale Freakout 02:46
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About the Directors
Oryan Peterson-Jones and Andrew Pritchard are long-time friends and and musical collaborators. They spent the last decade recording and performing with Portland’s psychedelic-rock collective, Datura Blues, and act as the driving force behind BPBS Arts & Media; a grassroots film production crew, events/tour coordinators, promotions street team, boutique cassette record label, and field recordings archive. Peterson-Jones’ studies in ethnomusicology and Pritchard’s degree in film have often provided an enthusiastic vehicle for their shared interests in travel, language, and World Music. Their creative relationship wouldn’t evolve to include filmmaking, however, until after their first trip to Cuba in 2015.

In 2017 they released footage from that first trip as a fifteen minute featurette about Rumba street musicians and Grammy winning Cuban Jazz artists. Titled: Eyes of Stone & Water, the zero budget, low-fi, short film serves as a preamble to the pair’s current documentary project, which returns to the same subject material and characters. This material, filmed in Havana during their second visit to Cuba in 2017, features more in-depth interviews, higher production value, and offers a deep-dive into the different aspects of the intersection between Cuban music, class, and culture.

In 2019, BPBS Arts & Media released ¡Gracias, Santiago!, the filmmakers’ second cinematic exploration of the Caribbean island. Filmed on location in Santiago de Cuba during the week of Carnaval. ¡Gracias, Santiago! is a hypnotic journey into the sights, sounds, colors, movements and culture of Carnaval in Cuba. An experimental documentary in the style of Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka

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released July 12, 2022

Featuring live audio recordings from: Son Caribe, Sur Caribe, Cándido Fabré Y Su Banda & Compañía danzaria folclórica Kokoyé

*All video and audio recordings were acquired with the consent and blessing of the Ministry of Culture in Santiago de Cuba (formally documented in writing).

Director of Photography: Andrew Pritchard
Sound: Oryan Peterson-Jones
Logistics & Crew: Merrick Mckinlay & Fidel Alejandro Del Sol Zayas
Edited By: Oryan Peterson-Jones & Andrew Pritchard
Audio Mastering: Sam P. Stehr

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