Tam Tam o El origen de la rumba

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This short film traces the roots of rumba music through a love story between two young enslaved people in Cuba.

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What happens

Tam Tam o El origen de la rumba (1938, Cuba) is a pioneer short musical film of the Cuban sound cinema, directed by Ernesto Caparrós, based on the music by the brothers Alfredo Brito and Julio Brito. The film aims to show the evolution of La Rumba from its beginnings, through the love story of two young slaves. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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