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Documentary series on “Jondo Archeology”

From September 12, 2023 until December 12, 2023The screenings will be held on Tuesdays, from September 12 to December 12 at 7:00 p.m.
CORDOBA
Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). The screenings will be held on Tuesdays, from September 12 to December 12 at 7:00 p.m. Free entrance until the cinema’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.

Casa Árabe, in collaboration with Plano Katharsis, is showing the documentary series “Arqueología de lo jondo” (“Jondo Archeology”) from September to December in Cordoba. This cultural project reflects on the Muslim, Jewish, Roma, black and mixed-race traces of flamenco.

“Arqueología de lo jondo” is a documentary series that premiered on Radio Televisión Andaluza on February 28, 2023, coinciding with the Day of Andalusia. It deals with the Andalusian, Moorish, Sephardic, Gypsy, black and American roots of flamenco. A font from which entire generations have drunk, singing about pain and the sacred, in Andalusian and from memory, and the history of the people who recorded it in their songs, music and dances.

Antonio Manuel is the series’ narrator, in dialogues with experts and artists in their performances as a sound, gestural and visual tie-in with the story, flamenco melodies and history itself. It takes place in historical spaces, mainly the Mosque of Almonaster la Real (Huelva), as well as flamenco clubs, Andalusian villages and natural spaces. Over fifty artists and experts from Andalusia take part in this documentary series directed by Jose Antonio Torres and Antonio Manuel, based on the book with the same title.

The series consists of four episodes lasting 50 minutes each. After the screening of each episode, which will cover the different styles of flamenco as well as the origins and sociolinguistic and cultural influences it has undergone, someone starting in the series will speak at a conference, thus providing a thoughtful look back through knowledge and debate. 
Documentary series on “Jondo Archeology”
  • The ages of flamenco

    The ages of flamenco

    September 12, 20237:00 p.m.
    CORDOBA
    Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). 7:00 p.m. Free entrance until the cinema’s capacity is reached.
    In Spanish.
    On Tuesday, September 12, we will be screening the first episode in the documentary series “Arqueología de lo jondo” in Cordoba. It will be introduced by directors Antonio Manuel and José A. Torres. After the screening, a conference will be given by Patricia Álvarez.
    This first episode is devoted to the sources of flamenco, the marks it has left behind, its diverse forms and crossbreeding, based on the memories still preserved in flamenco’s gestures and singing. The Fandango.

    This screening will be presented by the directors of the series, Antonio Manuel and José A. Torres. It will be followed by a conference by Patricia Álvarez, a dancer and Arabist, about the language of gestures in flamenco.

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  • The language of flamenco

    The language of flamenco

    October 10, 20237:00 p.m.
    CORDOBA
    Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). 7:00 p.m. Free entrance until the cinema’s capacity is reached.
    In Spanish.
    The second episode in the documentary series “Arqueología de lo jondo” can be seen at Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba on Tuesday, October 10. The screening will be followed by a conference, to be given by writer Jesús Cosano.
    This episode is dedicated to the words used in flamenco, the memory that is enclosed within those languages that coexisted in Al-Andalus, and the evolution of the Spanish Royal Academy of language in terms of flamenco terminology. The Tango.

    This second episode will be followed by a lecture by Jesús Cosano, writer, on ""Black culture in the history of music and dance in Spain. An ignored link". Along with Cosano, the dancer Carolina Orozco and the musician Ballena Gurumbé will take part in the event.

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  • Suffering and the sacred

    Suffering and the sacred

    November 28, 20237:00 p.m.
    CORDOBA
    Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). 7:00 p.m. Free entrance until the cinema’s capacity is reached.
    In Spanish.
    On November 28 in Cordoba we will have the third appointment with the documentary series “Arqueología de lo jondo,” in an episode devoted to the Gypsy and Moorish cultural marks found in flamenco. After the screening, we will be talking with Miguel Ángel Vargas.
    The Gypsy and Moorish cultures arose out of expulsion, exile, persecution and marginalization. From those who left and those who stayed behind.

    The flamenco mystique.
    The special quality known as “duende.”
    The Soleá and Seguiriya.

    After the screening, we will get the chance to hear a talk by Miguel Ángel Vargas, historian, on anti-Gypsy sentiment and flamenco.

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  • Women, the nature of rebellion

    Women, the nature of rebellion

    December 12, 20237:00 p.m.
    CORDOBA
    Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). 7:00 p.m. Free entrance until the cinema’s capacity is reached.
    In Spanish.
    The last episode in the documentary series “Arqueología de lo jondo” will be shown on Tuesday, December 12 at our headquarters in Cordoba. It will be devoted to women and how they pass on the legacy of flamenco culture. After the screening, we will be listening to the director, Pilar Távora.
    This episode is about the role played by women in the transmission and safeguarding of flamenco culture, what the women of Al-Andalus were like, the possible origins of the “Petenera” and its mystical and religious nature. The Nana and the Petenera.

    This screening will be followed by a talk given by Pilar Távora, film director, on the role of women in flamenco, which will be followed by a performance by the group "Mujeres Mediterráneas".

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