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When the mambo exploded onto the scene in the 50s, it sent shock waves through the concert halls and dance floors of the world in no time: an unprecedented epidemic dubbed “mambo mania.” A hybrid music in the best sense, it was the result of the explosive grafting of jazz onto Cuban folk music, an exploit performed by Cuban musician Perez Prado, soon to be hailed as the “mambo king.” He was the first to make the most of the media— records, radio, cinema, television — which developed during the post-war years. But the mambo is also the sensuous echo of nascent consumer society, hungering for pleasures and distractions.

France - 2004 - 52 mn - DV Cam - Colour and B&W

Director Yves Billon Script Alain Pitten Camera Yves Billon Sound Jean-Christophe Caron Editing Jean Condé

Production Zarafa Films, 63, rue Ménilmontant, Chez Mr Billon, 75020 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 7473 4050 Fax : +33 (0)1 7473 4057 E-mail : zarafa@wanadoo.fr Co-Production Réseau France Outre-mer

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