Summary Mariachi In the shadowy glow of an alleyway, Jesus gives the final instructions in a trumpet lesson. Authentic mariachi music is disappearing, and it is important to him that the tradition not be lost. For that reason, in addition to performing with several groups, he also gives trumpet lessons to students who seek him out. The neighborhood surrounding Garibaldi Square is a place peopled by phantoms. Of lost souls who wander aimlessly, blind, adrift. The mariachis loiter idly, wandering, in a monotonous, repetitive routine, day after day, from dawn to dusk and from nightfall to daybreak. Because at all hours there are people who require their services to enliven a party, to celebrate a birthday, to serenade a love interest, to entertain a group of revelers, or to send the departed on their way. Mariachis are solitary, abandoned beings. They live in a kind of limbo, and although they play on they seem unnoticed, invisible. They are what remain in Mexico City of the Abajeño traditional music of Michoacan and Guerrero and the folk songs of Jalisco and Tierra Caliente, the musical tradition that identifies Mexicans as much as the Virgin of Guadalupe does.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Unknown
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Mexico
Official sites : Company Name Official site
Language : Spanish
Production companies : Gravedad Cero Films Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano
Summary Mariachi In the shadowy glow of an alleyway, Jesus gives the final instructions in a trumpet lesson. Authentic mariachi music is disappearing, and it is important to him that the tradition not be lost. For that reason, in addition to performing with several groups, he also gives trumpet lessons to students who seek him out. The neighborhood surrounding Garibaldi Square is a place peopled by phantoms. Of lost souls who wander aimlessly, blind, adrift. The mariachis loiter idly, wandering, in a monotonous, repetitive routine, day after day, from dawn to dusk and from nightfall to daybreak. Because at all hours there are people who require their services to enliven a party, to celebrate a birthday, to serenade a love interest, to entertain a group of revelers, or to send the departed on their way. Mariachis are solitary, abandoned beings. They live in a kind of limbo, and although they play on they seem unnoticed, invisible. They are what remain in Mexico City of the Abajeño traditional music of Michoacan and Guerrero and the folk songs of Jalisco and Tierra Caliente, the musical tradition that identifies Mexicans as much as the Virgin of Guadalupe does.
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Mexico
Official sites : Company Name Official site
Language : Spanish
Production companies : Gravedad Cero Films Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano
