
Fandango at the Wall follows Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra founder/conductor Arturo O'Farrill to Veracruz, Mexico, where he meets and jams with the masters of son jarocho. Son jarocho is 300-year-old folk music rooted in the land that combines African, Indigenous and Spanish traditions. After Arturo's inspiring journey, he and his orchestra join the masters of son jarocho at the border between the United States and Mexico for a son jarocho music and dance festival called Fandango Fronterizo (founded by Jorge Francisco Castillo). The festival takes place simultaneously on both sides of the United States/Mexican border transforming this object that divides to one that unites. Fandango at the Wall reveals a Mexico seldom depicted, and delves into the current mass human migrations spurred by violence, poverty, and corruption. [Available in North America]
Uniendo a Estados Unidos y México a través de la música, este documental sigue a los músicos ganadores del Grammy Arturo O’Farrill y Kabir Sehgal, mientras se preparan para grabar un disco en vivo en la frontera. Este proyecto está inspirado por el Festival Anual de Fandango Fronterizo que une a las personas de ambos lados de la frontera de Tijuana-San Diego. Este festival presenta el son jarocho, una tradición musical de 300 años de antigüedad del estado de Veracruz, México, donde se originó esta música que mezcla tradiciones indígenas, españolas y africanas. [Sólo en America del Norte]
Co-Presented by
- Year2019
- Runtime92 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryMexico, United States
- RatingAges 13+
- NoteEnglish & Spanish with English subtitles
- DirectorVarda Bar-Kar
- ProducerKabir Sehgal
- Executive ProducerQuincy Jones, Andrew Young, Carlos Santana
- Co-ProducerDoug Davis
- CastArturo O'Farrill, Jorge Francisco Castillo, Patricio Hidalgo, Fernando Guadarrama, Ramón Gutiérrez, Wendy Cao Romero, Tacho Utrera, Andrés Vega, Martha Vega, Yaratczé Hidalgo Sandoval

Fandango at the Wall follows Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra founder/conductor Arturo O'Farrill to Veracruz, Mexico, where he meets and jams with the masters of son jarocho. Son jarocho is 300-year-old folk music rooted in the land that combines African, Indigenous and Spanish traditions. After Arturo's inspiring journey, he and his orchestra join the masters of son jarocho at the border between the United States and Mexico for a son jarocho music and dance festival called Fandango Fronterizo (founded by Jorge Francisco Castillo). The festival takes place simultaneously on both sides of the United States/Mexican border transforming this object that divides to one that unites. Fandango at the Wall reveals a Mexico seldom depicted, and delves into the current mass human migrations spurred by violence, poverty, and corruption. [Available in North America]
Uniendo a Estados Unidos y México a través de la música, este documental sigue a los músicos ganadores del Grammy Arturo O’Farrill y Kabir Sehgal, mientras se preparan para grabar un disco en vivo en la frontera. Este proyecto está inspirado por el Festival Anual de Fandango Fronterizo que une a las personas de ambos lados de la frontera de Tijuana-San Diego. Este festival presenta el son jarocho, una tradición musical de 300 años de antigüedad del estado de Veracruz, México, donde se originó esta música que mezcla tradiciones indígenas, españolas y africanas. [Sólo en America del Norte]
Co-Presented by
- Year2019
- Runtime92 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryMexico, United States
- RatingAges 13+
- NoteEnglish & Spanish with English subtitles
- DirectorVarda Bar-Kar
- ProducerKabir Sehgal
- Executive ProducerQuincy Jones, Andrew Young, Carlos Santana
- Co-ProducerDoug Davis
- CastArturo O'Farrill, Jorge Francisco Castillo, Patricio Hidalgo, Fernando Guadarrama, Ramón Gutiérrez, Wendy Cao Romero, Tacho Utrera, Andrés Vega, Martha Vega, Yaratczé Hidalgo Sandoval