Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango - Trailer Eng Sub

Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango by Angolan filmmaker Dom Pedro explores the expression of Tango's Africanness and the contribution of African cultures in the creation of the tango. Tango was a reflection of the social life of the slaves that were taken to South America -- including Argentina and Uruguay -- mostly from central Africa, particularly from the former Kongo Kingdom. Director Dom Pedro reveals the depth of the footprints of the African music on the tango, through this rich movie combining musical performances and interviews from many tango fans and historians in Latin America and Europe, including the renowned Argentinean pianist Juan Carlos Caceres
Directed by Dom Pedro, 2013, 93 min., France, Documentary , French/Spanish/ English subt. - US Distributors - ArtMattan Films www.TangoNegroF...

[@barbarabobbyscott1560]

If you are dancing to rhythm and beats, you are probably dancing to music and dance with African roots!

[@FABEEize]

El afroargentino Rosendo Mendizabal es el autor de El entrerriano, primer tango llevado a una partitura y uno de los músicos que iniciaron la Guardia Vieja del tango. Casimiro Alcorta fue otro destacado músico afroargentino, considerado uno de los padres del tango. Es el compositor del famoso tango "Cara sucia", el más antiguo de autor conocido. El payador N 1 de Argentina, el afroargentino Gabino ezeiza decía que el tango salió de la milonga campera. El Afro-argentino siempre fue ingnorado e invisibilizado.

[@GabrielMartinez-kh8lx]

Si a Cayetano Silva es a quien te refieres, el autor de la marcha de San Lorenzo fue Uruguayo. Escribió tangos como " más vale tarde que nunca". También escribió muchas otras composiciónes en otros géneros.

[@FABEEize]

Así es. Quise decir Rozendo Mendizabal. . Caetano Silva era afrouruguayo y autor de la marcha de San Lorenzo. Ya hice la correción. Gracias por avisarme.

[@GabrielMartinez-kh8lx]

@@FABEEize todo bien estimado. Lo cierto es que tanto los afro de Uruguay y Argentina fueron escondidos por la historia oficial. Pero fueron sus iniciadores y los que le dieron la impronta sincopada o propia de los tambores africanos. Luego la instrumentación tipo orquesta típica es muy tardía en el tiempo. En las milongas Montevideanas ( hay registro de ello) inclusive se tocaban tangos en formato rondalla con acordeones o bandoneones lo mismo daba.

[@wilsonharold]

¡Maravilloso! Argumento bellamente presentado, mi amigo. Y muy cierto.

[@marifer4975]

Gabriel martinez boerr. Así es. Lo he estado investigando y leyendo en estos días. Da mucha pena y vergüenza ajena que tanto los argentinos como los uruguayos se empeñen en invisibilizar, ocultar y negar sus afrodecendientes y sus aportes culturales e históricos.

[@a.l1193]

Tango has fundamental roots in Milonga and Milongones coming from the Afro culture(essential and identity) of Uruguay; its Carnival and the port of Montevideo(first port from the Atlantic Ocean). The Argentines later adopted it and popularized it as their own and exclusive thing

[@milagroslivia1109]

❤️🌍amo buenos aires Montevideo Uruguay 🌍❤️

[@delcio2012]

Angolan Origin 🇦🇴, search also the thousand of Angolan slaves killed in Argentina, they’re all gone

[@MichouThe]

Are they any afro argentinos left?

[@JadelyzGarcia]

@@MichouThe What was in Argentina was a premeditated extermination. There are blacks in Argentina, but only a few will remain.

[@wilsonharold]

@@JadelyzGarcia It's still possible to buy the now out of print 'A but very, very informative 'Afro-Argentines of Buenos Aires 1800-1900' by George Reid Andrews, (although certainly not cheap). You will undoubtedly be better informed having read the appalling history of Afro-Argentines

[@80Mariano80]

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[@ceemor3404]

@@MichouThe Of course

[@13hehe]

I see Angolan semba in the tango especially milonga, could it be a integral roots of tango? Would love more research into this. I think not enough credit has been given to African roots in tango

[@castanhatropicana]

If you know an Argentinian, you'll can understand because doesn't enough credits to the Africans. I'm a Brazilian and I know all Argentinean racism. Excuse for my broken English

[@susanapol382]

​@@castanhatropicanasoy argentina y he vivido 20 años en Brasil: en Rio de Janeiro y São Paulo. Alli, los descendientes de los esclavos constituyen una parte enorme de la poblacion. Es grotesco que digas que los argentinos somos racistas, siendo Brasil un pais donde el racismo es la marca mas evidente de toda la sociedad. Tal vez lo que te pasa es que has venido a Argentina y no has visto gente de color en la calle, porque no hay. Hipocrita y mentirosa.

[@n.agustin113]

​@@castanhatropicana Num buffet à Kg tinhamos atendentes que pareziam vindos do Congo, de Angola, do Malí, do Senegal e muitos outros paises africanos. Ninguem os achava esquisitos, eram uns caras muito calorosos e falavam muito bem o espanhol. O chefe os tratava com respeito também. NADA, e digo, NADA de racismo. Espero que, onde estejam sejam bem vindos e tenham sucedido. Inclusive hà em Buenos Aires uma garota haitiana que é programadora web, ou seja, teve sucesso. Não venha falar m*rda. Muitos respeitamos TODOS os imigrantes, ainda que não hajam ingressado da forma regular. Se não estão procurando problema, fazendo errado, sempre vamos ajudà-los.

[@arayield8740]

Buenas tardes, en dónde puedo conseguir el documental completo? Gracias.

[@pantsfortwo4611]

Would love to have more information about the impact slaves & their descendants had on Tango, especially how Congo & Traditional African music flavored it!

[@Lareinadelhustl]

Flavored it? Impact? 😬 we made tango, if anything do a research on how whites watered it down

[@jorgecruz.6327]

BR

[@jorgecruz.6327]

Jorge cruz.

[@jorgecruz.6327]

Si

[@susanapol382]

@@Lareinadelhustl tango is a mixture of different cultural influences. No watering: melting. No whining needed.

[@ceciliavirginillo7209]

Wow! Grandioso🤍

[@LiSpiral]

alguien la puedo ver? como acceder a ella?

[@gerardorios7705]

Alguien sabe como se llama la cancion que esta de fondo??

[@elainamarialawrence2776]

Wonderful history

[@sharonagina6227]

I can't wait to watch this documentary.

[@Lee-on4oy]

I want to see the full version of this documentary, how can I see it?

[@channeler231]

Tango is a spanish version of the Kikongo word Ntangu wich means event because when you dance tango you are in an event to search for a life partner.

[@susanapol382]

Que imaginacion tenés 😂😂😂😂

[@channeler231]

@@susanapol382 Si lo se reconocer que los africanos aportaron algo positivo a Argentina es producto de mi imaginacion lol. Pero los italianos que fueron los primeros cafiches en Argentina y que gracias a ellos los hombres argentinos tienen ahora fama mundial de ser cafiches por el aporte de los italianos eso si que no te molesta para nada o no tonta.

[@tanishabanks7857]

Any recent work on this project? I'm planning a trip to Argentina in 2016 and would love to know where to go in search of African history and influence on Tango. I would love to purchase a copy of this film as well.

[@paulaacosta9954]

+Tanisha Banks Sant Telmo Buenos Aires, you should probably go there I'm afro uruguayan

[@FABEEize]

The Afro-Argentinian Rosendo Mendizabal is the author of El Entrerriano, the first tango to be taken to a score and one of the musicians who started the Guardia Vieja del Tango. Casimiro Alcorta was another prominent Afro-Argentinian musician, considered one of the fathers of tango. He is the composer of the famous tango "Cara sucia", the oldest known author. The payador N1 from Argentina, the Afro-Argentinian Gabino ezeiza said that the tango came out of the milonga jacket. The Afro-Argentine was always ignored and invisible.(wikipedia)

[@Andreskolkegoln]

@@FABEEize JAJA El tango candombe "el negro eschicoba" es el primer tango como tal de Argentina, del año 1862 de origen santafesino.

[@FABEEize]

Tal vez.

[@Andreskolkegoln]

@@FABEEize Bueno, hay otro, llamado "toma mate che" de 1857 y de origen Argentino, habla sobre un gaucho y un malevo

[@CamilaRox11]

Don't think I'll be making the show. Not sure. I would love to see it though!

[@Ommm3]

I want to see it! Bring it to Miami!

[@GiselleX]

I'll see this film on Saturday in DC!

[@matuzalazar1899]

donde puedo comprar la película en argentina ?

[@MateusEspanhol]

donde puedo veer esta peli?? no logro encontrar disponible en ningún sitio

[@nokaut456]

Muy interesante...

[@MarcoMalfario]

4 tristezas

[@GabrielMartinez-kh8lx]

En el documental hay imágenes de Montevideo, Uruguay. Por ejemplo aparece un ómnibus ( transporte colectivo) de Cutcsa y también una cuerda de tambores típicamente de barrio sur o Palermo, es decir piano, chico y repique... También es cuna de nacimiento de los orígenes del tango negro. Sin ir más lejos Vicente Rossi ha en la década de 1920 había estudiado ese fenómeno en su libro " COSAS DE NEGROS" estudio de los orígenes del tango, la milonga y el Candombe

[@Andreskolkegoln]

De seguro el estudio llevo a concretar que el tango, milonga y candombe son uruguayo ¿verdad?

[@GabrielMartinez-kh8lx]

@@Andreskolkegoln No. La conclusión es que ambos géneros son originales tanto de Montevideo como de buenos aires. Pero el toque del milongón proviene más bien del toque lento y cansino de las cuerdas de tambores del barrio sur y Palermo.

[@Andreskolkegoln]

@@GabrielMartinez-kh8lx No me diga, ""Hay que compartirlo"", por mi parte es un rotundo no!, principalmente, porque la milonga se desarrollo en la Argentina, en el partido de San Martin (provincia de buenos aires) en 1852, posterior a la batalla de caseros, no dejare que se apropie de la cultura de mi pais para satisfacer el vacio emocional de los uruguayos ¿porque? Porque supuestamente somos iguales, o uno se aparecen al otro, que es lo mas correcto, sino no estarían en contra de unir ambas naciones para forma uno solo. que por cierto, el milongon, como indica su nombre, es una variante de la milonga.

[@GabrielMartinez-kh8lx]

@@Andreskolkegoln Será problema tuyo de no sacar la cabeza de la cobacha y ni querer ver la realidad. 1. La milonga es un género musical que abarca toda la llanura pampeana, eso quiere decir. La región de buenos aires, santa fe, entre ríos, el Uruguay en su totalidad y río grande del sur en Brasil también existe la milonga. 2. Te aclaro que Vicente Rossi es un autor de referencia para muchos estudiosos del género, inclusive para el mismísimo Borges que lo nombra como referencia en la materia. Yo no sé qué problema no resuelto tengas con cuestiones nacionalistas. Pero los que si te digo es que Candombe, Milonga y Tango son géneros formados en un mismo tiempo y espacio por los mismos actores de acá y allá. Hay que sacar la cabeza de ajuera del rancho y aprender que otros lugares también existen.

[@Andreskolkegoln]

@@GabrielMartinez-kh8lx ¿En cerio? ¿Porque la milonga se desarrollo geográficamente en la pampa la hace tambien uruguaya? QUE? WTF!!l. Porque se toque la milonga en uruguay y el sur del brasil, no los hace de ambas naciones porque tal genero no se origino en aquellos paises, eso es una falacia. Porque lo haya dicho tal o cual autor no significa que sea asi, como la mención de borges, eso es una falacia de autoridad. norte No, tampoco, porque los tres generos se escuchen en otros lugares no los hace de alli ¿ese es tu argumentos? Porque no deja de ser de una nacion determinada. Todo esto, para obtener una pisca de identidad jaja, "nacionalista" y cerrado, maravillosas falacias ad hominem.

[@ritao3464]

I love this...thank you for downloading.

[@aliandysoceguera240]

Cuando los argentinos le conviene las raices negras del tango ,el tango argentino esta formado de Candombe ,Milonga y Habanera tango Cubano dice Cuba que de hay es su origen

[@marvinsilverman4394]

como va ser el Tango africano si en africa no hay esa musica

[@castanhatropicana]

En África no hay jazz o rock y aún así son ritmos afro.

[@jaebonjiya1275]

It looks like semba.

[@artmattanfilms]

Tango Negro is going to have a limited theatrical release in New York and Chicago starting on August 14, 2015. More info at www.tangonegrofilm.com

[@خالدخراز-غ8ن]

This movie is now available to watсh here => twitter.com/5ac5b311b462d02fd/status/796910809964154880 Тangо Negro The AAAAfrican Roots of Tango TTTТrailеr Eng Sub

[@victorcampbell1868]

Tango negro? ?? Are you kidding ? Stop of create bad fame to a European dance

[@juhanleemet]

@@victorcampbell1868 European? You've got to be kidding? Argentine Tango is the real thing!

[@victorcampbell1868]

@@juhanleemet the tango 's origin is European, not African

[@juhanleemet]

@@victorcampbell1868 so you're calling these people liars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango ? If you refer to "international" (ballroom) tango, I think it was a derivative, and IMO it is ugly: all that pushing and pulling! Argentine tango is more like improvisational jazz dance, an interplay of lead, response, back and forth. Do you dance?

[@CatherineBerrouet]

Where can we purchase a copy?

[@artmattanfilms]

Hi, It's not yet available for purchase on DVD. We have screenings in NYC, Chicago and Washington DC coming up. Please visit www.NYADIFF.org for more information.

[@CatherineBerrouet]

wonderful. thanks, i'll check it out

[@artmattanfilms]

www.tangonegrofilm.com/

[@susanapol382]

Crecí en un barrio fabril de Buenos Aires en la decada de 40'. En la escuela eramos casi todos hijos y nietos de inmigrantes italianos, españoles, y de Europa del Este. Algunos pocos tenian rasgos mas de aborigenes. Nunca tuve un compañero con cara de africano. Creo que la razóen es esta: en la colonia habia pocos esclavos porque no los necesitaban, en 1853 se abolio la esclavitud, y luego los que no murieron en la guerra de Paraguay o con la fiebre amarilla, se fueron mezclando y asi desaparecieron los rasgos africanos.

[@80Mariano80]

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[@susanapol382]

No los hacemos invisibles. No hay.

[@elionoras.8933]

Mal consigo esperar pra assistir a este Doc. Quero muito conhecer as origens do Tango e saber para onde foram os negros q. havia na Argentina.

[@FABEEize]

Mayoritariamente murieron en la la guerra del Paraguay (Contra Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay) o durante la fiebre amarilla (1852, 1858, 1870 y 1871) porque vivían en condiciones sanitarias precarias como la mayoría de inmigrantes.

[@Andreskolkegoln]

@@FABEEize Pero las mujeres morenas no ¿y lo que estaban instalados en otras provincias?

[@FABEEize]

Hubo afroargentinas que también fueron a la guerra como María Remedios del Valle que llegó al rango de sargento mayor del ejército. En las provincias, las Afroargentinas también vivieron en condiciones miserables y se fueron mestizando con el tiempo.

[@Andreskolkegoln]

@@FABEEize Pero María Remedios del Valle era de ciudad de buenos aires, bueno cuando esta era capital de la provincia de buenos aires

[@FABEEize]

Elionora S. quiere saber para donde fueron los afroargentinos/as que había en Argentina y María Remedios del Valle es un ejemplo de lo que pasó con ellos/as.

[@Andreskolkegoln]

Un documental sobre Argentina... Que esta en ingles... ¿Ya esta el documental completo en algun lado? Saludos!!

[@artmattanfilms]

www.reelhouse.org/artmattanfilms/tango-negro

[@carolscheidecker8103]

@@artmattanfilms el link esta quebrado. hay algun outra midia ?

[@paulaacosta9954]

Nice

[@artmattanfilms]

Watch the entire film this weekend at www.reelhouse.org/artmattanfilms/tango-negro

[@lxz9929]

"Argentina es un país 90% blanco" queeeeee???????

[@kitty_cherry5076]

Siempre que dicen eso me muero de la risa

[@evangelos9275]

Argentina es un país 90 % blanco tal cual lo oyen.

[@artmattanfilms]

If you are in the Tri-State Area the film will screen on Friday, March 13 at The Museum of Moving Image in Queens and on Saturday, March 14 at Symphony Space's Thalia Cinema. Get your tickets today! Thalia: nyadiff.org/tango-negro-candombe-thalia/ Moving Image: www.movingimage.us/…/tango-negro-the-african-roots-o…

[@arthurmorgan5064]

Argentina: 90% White LMAO LOL

[@anisssaid4511]

tango is african

[@gastonlanteri1147]

Tango = Tangere (greek word, "dance") Rythm origins = La Habanera, classic oprah composed by Ossorio, a spanish musician Musical instruments used in Tango = All of them... But drums. The original (argentinian) Tango doesn't have any drums, even to these days. It has violins, bandonions, accordions, guitars, chelos, pianos and even harps and basses... But not drums. Also... It has music apart from rythm. African people didn't invent any musical instruments, hence they couldn't have invented Tango. There have been many many many black interpreters of Tango thou, across many countries, as much as blacks playing salsa, candombe, jazz, blues, country... But even in the blues, which to these days is considered the african american music by excelence, the european influence is larger than the african influence. Simple: black people play their music with european instruments, european tonal scales, and even european lenguage.

[@w4ka997]

Do you really believe tango is about the music? Tango is a dance you dirty racist

[@josebartoli9921]

Tango is African? Yes, about 10% or so. And the other 90%?

[@alinedesireekezetmin777]

Jose Bartoli Tango was created sang and danced by black people that have been submit to the same treatment like the others in brasil cuba uruguay mexico ...... They have always put an agenda to exterminate And discriminate the only real israelites!

[@alinedesireekezetmin777]

Jose Bartoli the other 90% are just trying their best to do what other people did! .thats all

[@alinedesireekezetmin777]

Jose Bartoli the tango was created by an individual group because all those "immigtant,spanish...." have also inherit from a culture that they adopted,and guess who gave it to them? Do your research on salsa,do your research on the origins of those "immigrants" and most important do your research on the real roots youll understand that there are always people who claim claimed to be apart of something they wish they could! The whole of this world is a serious mental breakdown! People want what they dont have.the rythm itself is born in Africa! A people who spread all kind of culture all around the earth do your research on the original people of argentina do your research on indian! Youll understand that the apple dont fall far from the three.

[@alinedesireekezetmin777]

Jose Bartoli if you know cuba you know what im talking about,no one can deny it is even remarkable today those "habaneros ......" are themselves living a culture that africans gave them,and its not a shame because it has always been the case even if people dont know it or arz denying it

[@josebartoli9921]

I tried but I can't seem to follow you. I believe you're rambling .....

[@Stgfre]

One Uruguay and Argentina are majority white nations. Two Tango was invented and introduced to what would become Uruguay and Argentina, by emigrants from Spain, France, and Italy, get over it. I should know I come from Uruguay.

[@MichouThe]

Those whites cant even dance ,you tried it

[@bucs3557]

tango, has african roots. Two million Afro-Argentinian live in the country, Some people forget that Congolese and Angolians have been living in Argentina since the 15th century. Blacks in Argentina are not from Colombia, Uruguay.

[@Stgfre]

@@bucs3557 There might have been a Negroid population, but today they are extinct in Uruguay and Argentina. There are few descendants, either partially or fully. They are not the majority of that nation. Uruguay and Argentina are Caucasian majority nations.

[@bucs3557]

@@MichouThe dancing comes natural for africans, its something they dont learn. just my views, no offence to anyone.

[@bucs3557]

@@Stgfre i agree, they are few. most people think blacks in argentina comes from colombia

[@Stgfre]

One Uruguay and Argentina are majority white nations. Two Tango was invented and introduced to what would become Uruguay and Argentina, by emigrants from Spain, France, and Italy, get over it. I should know I come from Uruguay.

[@SuSu-cj9zl]

Get the facts right. Argentina made up there history, they don't mention the Africans. We can't forget how Argentina send brown people in to war in the frontline after that the brown people were driven away to Brazil so it seems like there was never brown people there. And what about Uruguay, you should know better that the true residents were Native Americans! Tango has influences from Africa what made its evolution to what is no Argentine Tango

[@wilsonharold]

Being Uruguayan doesn't grant you automatic knowledge on the subject. In fact your comments simply indicate how mis-informed you are on the subject. I would recommend two books. First, The Afro-Argentines of Buenos Aires by George Reid Andrews. It was first published in 1980 and is out of print but you can still buy it (abebooks.com, or ebay). It will cost a princely sum - and your library will be all the richer for it. Second, Tango the art history of love by Robert Farris Thompson (most books by this down to earth Yale professor is worth buying. He just knows how to join the dots about Africa and African-American influence in the Americas in the most subtle yet penetrating manner). Available from Amazon.

[@Stgfre]

@@wilsonharold Two book written by Anglo Saxon Americans an attempt to disprove the European heritage of Uruguay and Argentina.

[@wilsonharold]

@@Stgfre A silly and weak argument. In fact it's no argument at all. This is impossible to such a closed mind. But let me try a few further suggestions; 1. Have a look at the paintings of Pedro Figari, especially scenes of tango in the 1860s and 1870s (when the art form was in its infancy). Figari didn't paint them until the 1920s, but they are memories from his childhood. As you know Figari was born in Uruguay (1861). 2. Are you familiar with the origin of the word 'tango'? Perhaps you should consult the La historia del tango 19 vol, (1976), vol 1, pg 57-58, written by historian Ricardo Rodriguez Molas. He was Argentine (1930 - 2006). Look into the origins of 'milonga' too. In fact you will find quite a lot of Argentine vocabulary has origins in the dialects from the Bakongo people of Kongo/Angola region. I sympathise that you don't know that black dance and black dancers all taught and influenced the famous stylists - El Cachafaz, Jose Mendez, El Pibe Palermo, Carlos Alberto Estevez (Petroleo). With your blinkered vision, you will never understand nor appreciate Gabino Ezeiza or Anselmo Rosendo Mendizabal's tango composition, 'El entrerriano' among many. It is your loss. But if you are genuinely curious, you will find the rich contribution of Africa and Afro-Argentines made to this art form.

[@Stgfre]

@@wilsonharold The word tango comes derives from a Portuguese word meaning to touch.