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The Third Root

Original title: La tercera raíz: Buscando el origen del son jarocho
Year: 2016
Running time: 67 min.
Country: Mexico
Director: Reed Rickert, Camilo Nu
Screenwriter: Amanda de la Rosa. Story: Camilo Nu, Reed Rickert
Cast: Documentary
Music: Camilo Nu
Cinematography: Reed Rickert
Producer: Co-production Mexico-United States-France-Morocco-Spain;
3rd Eye Films
Genre: Documentary | Music Documentary
Synopsis: Camilo Nu is a talented guitarist of Afro-Mexican descent who is propelled on a musical journey traveling through Mexico, Spain and North Africa to discover what similarities may still exist between the traditional Mexican music of Veracruz, Son Jarocho, and the music of Southern Europe, the Arab and African worlds. Sifting through rhythms, cadences and musical structures of flamencos, Moroccan Andalusian music, Sufi, Berber and the Sub-Saharan gnawa music, Camilo finds a new understanding of his own African heritage.

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The Third Root

2016

Reed Rickert, Camilo Nu