Tam Tam o El origen de la rumba

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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