DON'T MISS THIS RARE VIRTUAL SCREENING
 

Join producer/director Lorenzo DeStefano and Miami Dade College's Viviam Maria Lopez for a lively post-screening Q+A about this award-winning feature documentary about LOS ZAFIROS/THE SAPPHIRES, the famous pop group that emerged from Cuba in the early 1960s to make a lasting impact on the world music scene.

A Hispanic Heritage Month special screening sponsored by the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives at MDC. 

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REVIEWS

“Emotion-charged...a beautiful, tender film.” LA TIMES

“Impossible not to be moved… weaves a spell that will stick with you long after the credits roll. ” NPR FRESH AIR

“A fabulous new documentary...affirms the power of music to unite people in a common bond.” CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

"High praise to this music documentary exploring the cultural nuance the genre-blurring Cuban band Los Zafiros brought to the musical landscape of the 1960s  and 70s. “Los Zafiros-Music From The Edge Of Time” delivers an excellent portrayal of the effect of the group’s music on the Cuban people.
The emotion in the faces of those singing displayed just how much of Havana was alive and present in the songs they sang.”  THE GLASGOW GUARDIAN

FILM  SYNOPSIS

Music, history, and emotion fuel this dynamic, award-winning tribute to Los Zafiros, produced & directed by noted documentarian Lorenzo DeStefano. As John, Paul, George and Ringo were forming the Beatles in Liverpool in the early 1960s, another band was coming together in the tough district of Cayo Hueso in Havana. 

Playing a brilliant mix of American inspired Doo Wop and traditional Latin forms, Los Zafiros, often referred to as “The Beatles of 1960s Cuba”, became a sensation in their native land and beyond before dissolving in the mid-1970s from the effects of the fast life, infighting and changing political and musical tastes.

Over 30 after their breakup, the two surviving band members, multiple-Grammy winner and Buena Vista Social Club alumnus Manuel Galbán, and the group’s co-founder, Miguel Cancio, reunite in the streets of present-day Havana, a place full of unforgettable songs and memories for them and for their still-loyal fans.

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