The drums that survived slavery are still roaring in Montevideo's streets — and nobody's talking about it.
Documentary about the birth and development of candombe in Uruguay. It is built through testimonies, audiovisual files and animations. It also covers the actuality of the candombe on the shores of the Río de la Plata.
Sound
The drum sequences will haunt your Spotify for months.
Editing
Animations breathe life into archives that could've felt like homework.
Director
Ernesto Gut
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Candombe was declared UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009, yet remains criminally underseen outside the Southern Cone. This doc is basically a love letter the algorithm buried.
Director Ernesto Gut spent years embedded with specific comparsas; the trust shows in testimonies that feel like living room conversations, not interviews.
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