Come and join us on Friday, March 27 at the 5th LATINO AND NATIVE AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL (LANAFF). This event is free and open to the public. It will take place at the Adanti Student Center of Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street.
RECEPTION TIME: 5:00 pm to 5:45pm (Networking, Peruvian food, and live music by Paracuta, the composer and band featured in the film).
SCREENING TIME: 5:45pm to 7:25 pm
FILM: “Rocanroll 68” by Peruvian filmmaker Gonzalo Benavente.
ABOUT THE FILM: As its title suggests, Rocanrol 68 takes place in 1968, at the twilight of Peru’s democracy (shortly before the leftist military coup that led to a 12 year dictatorship). Depicting three friends in their last summer before senior year of high school, the film is a comedic, coming-of-age look at what happens when a free-spirited, music-loving …girl moves into their neighborhood, and leads them into the world of Peru’s subversive, nascent rock scene.
Inspired by artists like Elvis and Buddy Holly, Peruvian bands like Los Yorks, Los Saicos, Telegraph Avenue, and Los Shains created what has since been described as the precursor to punk- a fusion of fuzz guitar, wind instruments and studio effects layered with influences from Peruvian shamanism and pagan folklore.
See our full festival program at ww.lanaff.com