On July 5, 2016, at 6 p.m., the National
Black Programming Consortium, in association with the Historic Harlem Parks
Film Festival, will present PAN! Our Music Odyssey at Marcus
Garvey Park.
Since the evolution of pan-a musical
instrument crafted from oil drums as early as 1939 and perfected in
the1950s-steel bands have mushroomed in every corner of the planet. Each year,
philharmonic orchestras of over 100 musicians come to Trinidad from all
countries of the world to compete for the greatest Pan event: the
Panaroma.
Pan is the story of the men and women
throughout the Caribbean and the world who staked all on their art and whose
passion and daring has drawn them to the world championships. Their stories are
interlaced with re-enactments of the rags-to-riches tale of the steel band
movement, which was born in poverty and violence but climbed to the highest
levels of social and artistic acceptance without losing its life-or-death
urgency.
The film's production team includes Jérôme
Guiot, Thierry Teston and Kim Johnson, and it will be shown
free-of-charge at the park's amphitheater on 122nd Street and Mt. Morris Park
West.
Source: ImageNation Cinema Foundation
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