TRINITY COLLEGE PRESENTS:

MARIMBAS FROM HELL
Julio Hernández Cordón / Guatemala / 75 min / 2010 / Spanish with English Subtitles
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013
AT 7:00 PM in the Boyer Auditorium – Life Sciences Center
Guest speakers: Prof. Anne Lambright
Free Admission

Don Alfonso plays the marimba (xylophone) for a living but as his traditional music is seen as increasingly old-fashioned, he finds himself without a job. When his glue-sniffing godson introduces him to Blacko, an old heavy-metal legend of the Guatemalan underground, they decide to do something radical and fuse the sounds of the marimba with heavy metal. This innovative—some might say bizarre—idea sparks the beginning of an unexpected collaboration.

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LAS MARIMBAS DEL INFIERNO
Julio Hernández Cordón / Guatemala / 75 min / 2010 / En español con subtítulos en inglés
MIERCOLES, 2 DE OCTUBRE DEL 2013
A las 7:00 PM en el Auditorio Boyer – Life Sciences Center
Oradores invitados: Prof. Anne Lambright
Entrada libre

Don Alfonso se dedica a tocar la marimba (xilófono) pero, conforme este tipo de música tradicional va siendo considerado cada vez más anticuado, se queda sin trabajo. Cuando su ahijado, adicto a inhalar pegamento, le presenta a Blacko, una leyenda del heavy-metal de la resistencia guatemalteca, deciden juntos crear algo radical fusionando los sonidos del la marimba con los del heavy metal. Esta innovadora –y tal vez loca– idea inspira el principio de una colaboración inesperada.

Presented as part of The Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda, and the Embassy of Spain in Washington DC, Spain-USA Foundation. Special thanks to the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.