COLOMBIA INDEPENDENCE FESTIVAL UK50

COLOMBIA INDEPENDENCE FESTIVAL UK50 17 to 23 JULY 2023 – London Community-led Festival celebrating Colombian culture in London, as part of the Colombian Independence Day celebrations taking place in July 2023. The festival will honour and highlight the 50-year history, development, and contribution of this community to London’s cultural fabric. PROGRAMME: 🌟 MONDAY 17 JULY: ‘Birds of Passage’ – The film revisits the birth of the Colombian drug trade in the early 1970’s, as seen through the eyes of an indigenous Wayúu family. The result combines the epic sweep of The Godfather trilogy with the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez. Director: Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego, 2018 / Peckhamplex Cinema / Time: 6.40 / £4.99 / Tickets from Peckhamplex: https://www.peckhamplex.london/news-and-events 🌟 TUESDAY 18 July: Launch of Exhibition of works by Colombian Artists from the community. The Exhibition will be displayed throughout the week. Venue: Peckham Levels Time 6.30 pm./ Free Event - Tickets from EVENTBRITE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/661906709787 🌟 TUESDAYy 18 July: ‘From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning’ – Documentary about the Kogi Indigenous people from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, who call themselves ‘Guardians of the Heart of the World’ and their plea for ecological sanity in a time when the earth is being ravaged by so-called civilized people. Alan Ereira, Film documentary, BBC 1990. Venue: Peckham Levels / Time. 7 pm / Free Charity Event (£2 Registration to be donated to the Tairona Heritage Trust) + Live music Tickets from EVENTBRITE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/661906689727 🌟 WEDNESDAY 19 July: Talk & Discussion: ‘Colombian and Latin music in motion in London’. An informal discussion with 4 important Colombian musicians from the community in London: Roberto Pla / Kinacho Suarez / Nirk Molina / Luz Elena Caicedo - Moderator/Speaker Dr Camilo Soler, King’s College University. Venue: Peckham Levels / Time. 7 pm / Free Event + Music and dance and DJs Tickets from EVENTBRITE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/661927341497 🌟 THURSDAY 20 July: ‘ALUNA: A Journey to Save the World’ – Alan Ereira, documentary film from 2012, sequel to the 1990 film ‘From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning’ + Talk and discussion about the situation today (Academic speaker tbc). Venue: Peckham Levels / Time: 7 pm / (£2 Registration to be donated to the Tairona Heritage Trust) + Music and dance and DJs after celebrating Colombia Independence Day Tickets from EVENTBRITE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/661923068717 🌟 FRIAY 21 July: ‘COLOMBIA INDEPENDENCE FESTIVAL PARTY CELEBRATION’ - Music & Dance celebration party with Artists from the community and international guests from Cali, Colombia: the current Cali Salsa world champions NIlson Castro & Eliana Feijoo. Venue: 450 @ Peckham Levels / 9 pm to 3.30 am / £12 in Adv and £15 at the Door. Tickets from EVENTBRITE: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/661954392407 🌟 SATURDAY & SUNDAY 22/23 July Daytime (Times TBC) Cali Salsa dance Master Workshops with current World Salsa champions from Cali Nilson Castro & Eliana Feijoo, organised by Cali Swing UK Dance School. / Venue: 450 @ Peckham Levels FESTIVAL WEBSITE: https://colombiaindependencefestival.co.uk/home Main Organiser: OLA LATINA / Collaborators: LATINIDAD LDN / SUATYBA / CIMARRON PROJECT / ECArt