'PAN! Our Music Odyssey' to Be Shown at Marcus Garvey Park

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