Como se forma una Rumba @ The Smithsonian Latin Jazz Fest In Washington D.C.

Ivan Acosta’s documentary Como se forma una Rumba/How to create a Rumba will open the Smithsonian Institution’s Latin Jazz Film Festival at The Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 7th & Independence, S.W., Washington, DC on Wed., Oct. 23 and 30; Nov. 6 and 13, 7 p.m.

El Ritmo Latino. This dynamic film series offers viewers a chance to see some of Latin jazz’s most famous and accomplished artists and experience the art form’s complexities and joy.

Como se forma una Rumba/How to create a Rumba, which has been selected to open the festival, was filmed in New York City, Union City, NJ and Miami, Florida.

Featuring: Maestro Chico O’Farrill, José Fajardo, Juan Pablo Torres, Alfredo Valdés, Jr., Cándido, Horacio El Negro Hernandez, Israel Kantor, Malena Burke, David Oquendo, Vicente Sánchez, Aguedo Valdés-Luna, Carlos y Marta, Ulices del Toro, Mirta Gómez, Paquito Hechavarría, Nelson ‘El Flaco’ Padrón, writer Armando Lopez and the legendary Afro Cuban percussionist Candido Camero.

Through conversations with musicians and videotapes of their performances Iván Acosta’s Como se forma una Rumba will shed light on the origins and roots of some of the most popular Cuban rhythms. “It’s a musical ride, from the Abakua to what today is known as Salsa. It scorches the screen with a dynamic audio-visual package full of stories about the roots and origins of some of the most popular Cuban rhythms”.

Iván Acosta wrote and directed the awards winning original play El Super and the feature film Amigos. He has written and directed several theater plays and screenplays. Acosta has also produced several Latin Jazz USA concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, Town Hall Theater in New York City and the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach.