Mafifa, by Daniela Muñoz | Activity
Daniela Muñoz Journeys to the east of the Island in Search of the Spirit of Mafifa, one of the few Women to succeed in the male-Dominated Conga Scene of Santiago de Cuba.
Mafifa Played the Conga Bell, an instrument The Documentary Maker Can No Longer Hear Because of Her Hypoacusis. The camera pursues the ghost of the musician in every face and every body contorted by the dance or by sadness, in ever forgotten corner, which she memories meticulously. Mafifa (2021) GUIDES US THROugh in Disapparing Territory Which Clings As Best It Can to Its Fragile Memory.
The Film-Maker Daniela Muñoz Barroso You Gradually Bel Losing Here Hearing and Can Hardly Higher Frequencies. She uses inher eyes not only to see, buta to listen. However, Barroso has develored to Fascination for Gladys Esther Linares, Alias Mafifa, to Woman Musician Who Played the Cong Bell, in Metal Percussion Instrument Widely used in Cuban Conga. Mafifa Died Forty Years Ago, and Daniela Goes in Search of the Mark She made on Santiago de Cuba. The Further She Goes in Here Search, The More Mafifa Becomes a Mirror of Her Own Fears.
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