Afromilonga, una arqueología musical (Afromilonga, a musical archaeology)

YEAR: 2025

DURATION: 80 min.

GENRE: Musical Documentary/ Road Movie.

PRODUCTION COUNTRIES: Argentina, Kenia, Uruguay, Italy.

LANGUAGE: Spanish/ English/ Portuguese.

AVAILABLE SUBTITLES: Spanish (CC), English.

DIRECTOR: Daniel Shikuku Adeli, Maria Eugenia Lombardi, Alejandro Espolsino.

SCRIPT: María Eugenia Lombardi.

LOGLINE: Latin American musical group, La Rueda Milonguera, travels to Africa looking for the Bantu roots of the milonga musical genre that, along with tango, is part of the River Plate folklore. There they will find a deep connection between both cultures, which dates back to the slave trade in colonial times.

LOGLINE EN ESPAÑOL: El grupo musical latinoamericano, La rueda milonguera, viaja a África buscandolas raíces bantúes del género musical milonga que, junto al tango, forma parte del folklore rioplatense. Allí encontrarán una conexión profunda entre ambas culturas, que se remonta a la trata de esclavos en la época colonial.

LABS/ MARKETS/ SUPPORT: Miradas Doc Afrolatam Forum, Afrolatam Best project Award, Cinemanía Mexico Ibermedia Scholarship, INCAA.