Kumpania

Incredible Commitment
A short but powerful documentary showing, mainly in the eyes and expressions of the artists, their incredible commitment to the dancing, singing and music of Flamenco.

"Kumpanía: Flamenco Los Angeles" -- Utterly deep and absorbing; addicting
The full title of this film is 'Kumpanía: Flamenco Los Angeles.'

Wow, flamenco is not what you thought it was! Watch this emotionally raw and fascinating documentary and even if you know little or nothing about flamenco, you will emerge an aficionado, if not an addict.

If you are looking for castanets, polka dots, and ruffles, and Hollywood-style dance moves, look elsewhere. You will not find a single castanet in this film, and if you see ruffles or polka dots they are quite the rare exception. What the extraordinarily talented and dedicated performers (singers, guitarists, and dancers) in this film are practicing and carefully upholding is 'flamenco puro' -- the style of flamenco that most closely reflects its origins among the oppressed Gypsies in southern Spain in the 1700s. Flamenco at its core is an expression of deepest emotional truth -- whether that is pain, isolation, loss, or celebration, or all of those. Done well and authentically (rare in the...



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