SCREENINGS
Contact us HERE or e-mail us at info@palominopro.com to schedule a screening. We have several options available. The screening can be accompanied by filmmaker Q&A, or a lecture by the filmmaker, or a performance, or a photographic exhibit. Our prices are graded according to type of organization and most options include a commercial license so you can charge an entrance fee.
RECENT EVENTS
From Jan. 19-Feb. 24, 2019, the San Pablo Art Gallery (San Pablo, CA., USA) exhibited photographs of the Afro-Peruvian community that Eve A. Ma took in Peru. This was part of a larger exhibit called Shifting Media in which Ma was joined by artists Steve Hurst and Hershell West. In addition, the El Cerrito Public Library (El Cerrito, CA., USA) exhibited a small selection of Ma's Afro-Peruvian photo exhibit.
In the month of February, 2019, the Oakland Public Library (Oakland, CA., USA) hosted several screenings of A Zest for Life as part of its celebration of Black History Month. In the first of these, the screening was accompanied a presentations of cajón drumming by Peta Robles, a national champion in Peru and niece of the documentary's lead protagonist, Lalo Izquierdo.
In the second, Ms. Robles gave a demonstration of Afro-Peruvian zapateo fancy footwork. Zapateo, while similar to tap dance, has a somewhat different origin. Tap dancing is said to have come out of a fusion of Irish step-dancing and West African traditional dances, a fusion that developed in New York at the time of the Civil War. Zapateo seems to be much older, and is a melding of Spanish dance with West African dance. Performed around Christmas, it was something that developed as part the Caholic missionaries' attempt to catechize the enslaved Africans in their midst.
FEEDBACK FROM HOSTING ORGANIZATIONS:
Thank you for sharing your documentary ... with our guests. It was eye-opening to learn about the long roots of the African Diaspora. ....
Dalena Hunter, presenter & hostess
The Black Forum - Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA
Los Angeles, California, USA
It was a great program and turnout. I was very pleased and so were the guests. ....
Ajoke Kokodoko, Reference Services
Oakland Public Library, Main Branch
Oakland, California, USA
....The more than ample public that attended the screening (and later Q&A)...gave positive validation for your important work....
Javier Padilla Gil, managing directorSala la Quemá (cinema cycle)
Jerez de la Frontera, SPAIN
EVENTS & FESTIVALS - PAST
· Oakland Public Library (USA - Jan.-Feb., 2019) several presentations for Black History Month
· San Diego Black Film Festival (USA - April, 2016) FINALIST Best Documentary
· Pan African Film Festival of Los Angeles (USA - 2016)
· Berkeley Video & Film Festival (USA - Oct.-Nov. 2015)
· Black International Cinema Berlin (GERMANY - 2015)
· Film Panfricain de Cannes (FRANCE - April 2015)
BEYOND EVENTS & FESTIVALS
We have signed contracts with several educational distributors, including Films for the Humanities & Sciences and Alexander Street Press. SIGN UP HERE for our newsletter to keep informed.
CONTACT:
Palomino Productions
P.O. Box 8565
Berkeley, CA., 94707, USA
or via e-mail: info@palominopro.com