A film by Álvaro Luque
Documentary / Peru / 2022 / Spanish / 84'

Moyobamba city, the capital of the San Martín region in northern Peru. In the heat of the jungle, a group of young people gather at the Rodríguez Grández house for an event that will change the history of Latin American music: the birth of Los Mirlos and Amazonian cumbia. Based on extensive audiovisual archive material – ranging from the first shows at local parties in the '60s to the recent and successful tours of Europe – LA DANZA DE LOS MIRLOS recounts the trajectory of one of the pioneering bands of the genre but, in addition, it traces a genealogy of tropical and popular music from an entire continent. Without ignoring the usual disputes between members, the eccentric adventures and the idolatry of an entire people, Álvaro Luque's documentary becomes as inexhaustible as the melody of the international cumbia anthem that gives it its name.

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