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SF International Film Festival showcases Films that you should look out for

Posted on May 3, 2022

SF International Film Festival showcases Films that you should look out for

The 65th San Francisco International Film Festival was a showcase for narrative, documentary, shorts, tributes and live music-film experiences. The following are some of the films from their Cine Latino showcase and other intriguing films that you should look out for during the next few months:

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SF Film Festival shines with Live Tributes & Music-Film showings at the Castro

Posted on May 1, 2022

SF Film Festival shines with Live Tributes & Music-Film showings at the Castro

The 65th SF Film Festival produced by SF Film as been a whirlwind of cinematic experiences which has included live music and film showcases, tributes and films from around the world to celebrate the festival’s complete public reopening in 2 years. The historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco has been the location of two of the festival’s big events this year!

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Two SF Bay Area Mainstays Tito Garcia & Conceição Demasceno RIP

Posted on Apr 26, 2022

Two SF Bay Area Mainstays Tito Garcia & Conceição Demasceno RIP

Two important and remarkable San Francisco Bay Area cultural mainstays, Tito Garcia, the renowned bandleader and timbalero of Tito Garcia y Orquesta Internacional and Concieção Damasceno, the dynamic force of nature: brilliant dancer and leader of famed Carnaval dance troupe Ginga Brasil and co-founder of Casa De Cultura Cultural Center both died this past weekend.

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Jose Luis Cortez “El Tosco” RIP

Posted on Apr 21, 2022

Jose Luis Cortez “El Tosco” RIP

Jose Luis Cortes “El Tosco” , the legendary flautist, bandleader, composer, arranger of NG La Banda, the band that broke Timba, the music genre that has kept seducing Cuba and the world since the 1990’s has died at the age of 70. Cortes died due to a cerebral hemmorage on Tuesday, April 19th.

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Prayers for Tito Garcia of Orquesta Internacional, Ritmo 74, Rene Del Mar fame

Posted on Apr 16, 2022

Prayers for Tito Garcia of Orquesta Internacional, Ritmo 74, Rene Del Mar fame

I’m sending prayers and good wishes to my old friend, timbalero Ernesto “Tito” Garcia who led his big mambo band “Tito Garcia Y Orquesta Internacional” for many years in the SF Bay. He is hospitalized fighting for his life after a bout with Cancer. Tito relapsed due to complications during his recovery.

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