Screening & Live Event
Tango Macbeth
Alexandra Bailey
Tango Macbeth is Available for Home & School!
Tango Macbeth is available internationally for home download or streaming. DVDs are on sale for use in schools and libraries. Be the first to own this groundbreaking new film. Read an interview with director Nadine Patterson and learn why Shakespeare is particularly relevant today.
Educators in the USA can order the film on DVD with French subtitles and Closed Captioning for $49.95. Click here to order. An Educational Guide link is here for free.
You can purchase a Digital HD version of the film via VHX.TV for $6.99. Once you purchase it you can stream or download the film on any device. Just type in the code “TMAC” at http://tangomacbeth.vhx.tv/ to get the discounted price.
Tango Macbeth is now part of the Sembene Film & Arts Festival in Pittsburgh! 7pm Tues. Feb. 18th @ Southside Works Cinema
Our Pittsburgh premiere is now co-sponsored by the Sembene Film & Arts Festival.
We are presenting our film via Tugg. You MUST make your reservation online. You can order your $10 tickets here http://www.tugg.com/events/7259. It is best if you order your ticket today or before February 17th. Don’t miss out on this one time only Pittsburgh screening with director Nadine Patterson. There will be a Q&A immediately following the film with the director and assistant director Martha Conley.
The Sembene Film & Arts Festival formed in 2009 to celebrate the life and honor the legacy of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. Ousmane Sembène is considered the ‘Father of African Cinema’ and one of the most important filmmakers of the 20th century. Sembène – the Film & Arts Festival is the first film festival ever launched in honor of the Ousmane Sembène and it’s the first film festival in the region dedicated to showcasing films by, about and from the African Diaspora.
Festival organizers see the festival as a vehicle to speak to the critical issues facing people of African descent – indeed, the world community. Check out the February line-up. Visit: http://www.sembenefilmfestival.org/
I look forward to meeting you all at Southside Works Cinema! Tuesday 7pm February 18th— Cheers, Nadine Patterson, writer/director TANGO MACBETH
More Tickets Available Now! Come & See Tango Macbeth @ Philadelphia’s RITZ 5 Thurs. Jan. 23rd 7:30pm
Come and see Tango Macbeth! Over 200 film lovers are attending this groundbreaking event. Please join us.
Due to the overwhelming response, the Ritz 5 has moved us to a larger screening room ! You have hours left to order tickets: http://www.tugg.com/events/7065.
Let’s see if we can fill the theater– 243 seats, and give more money to Philadanco!
Q&A with TANGO MACBETH Cast & Crew
Tango Macbeth New York Screenings Announced: November 24th & 25th @ the African Diaspora International Film Festival
Tango Macbeth will have two screenings at the 20th Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival: Saturday, November 24 at 8:30pm and Sunday November 25th at 5pm. For locations click here or see below. Click here for ticket information.
Saturday, November 24th 8:30 PM at Teachers College, Columbia University-The Chapel located at 525 West 120th Street, New York is the first screening, followed by an in depth Q&A with director Nadine Patterson. The talk will include discussion about the film, Ms. Patterson’s 20 plus year career as an American independent filmmaker and her book about her filmmaking experiences called Always Emerging. She will sign books at the screening. Purchase tickets for the premiere here at Brown Paper Tickets.
Sunday, November 25th 5:00 PM at Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space located at 2537 Broadway, New York (Upper West Side @ 96th St.) is the second screening of Tango Macbeth with a Q&A after the film with Ms. Patterson. Purchase tickets online here at Brown Paper Tickets.
The producers would like to thank all of the cast and crew as well as Philadelphia’s community of arts supporters. Without your continuous support, this film would not have been possible. It does indeed take a community to make a film. Thank You.
20th New York City African Diaspora International Film Festival Announces Ticket Sales and Film Selection Preview
Click here for to go to Shadow & Act at IndieWire or read article below.
News from Shadow & Act
by Natasha Greeves
October 1, 2012 3:50 PM
October 1, 2012 3:50 PM
The African Diaspora Film Festivalis scheduled to run from November 23rd through December 11th.
You can purchase festival pases today at a discount. The VAP (Very Artsy Person) Pass gives access to all festival events including Opening Night, Closing Night and all special events. Discounted to $225 from $250 until October 15. The Regular pass gives access to all the regular screenings for $160, or $145 before October 15. Tickets can be purchasd HERE.
Over 60 Films are scheduled to screen over the course of the 19 day Festival. While the full roster has yet to be released the following films have been announced:
Tango MacBeth will make its New York Premiere at ADIFF. The film directed by Nadine M. Patterson is being described as “a deconstructed, visceral, fluid, energetic re-imagining of a classic tragedy.”
One Fine Day is a film about individuals who decided to do something out of the ordinary that gave them a voice they otherwise would not have. Among those men and women the voice of John Carlos who showed the world in Mexico in 1968 during the Olympic Games that he supported the Black Power Movement.
Dead River will screen as part of the Namibia Showcase, the film a historical drama set during Apartheid in Namibia, follows the unlikely friendship of a farm worker’s son and the farmer’s daughter. After the dauther returns from exile to face the life she left behind after living in Germany.
A Mother’s Love directed by Tim Alexander follows the family of “Regina Reynolds, a strong black woman in the truest sense! But her taste for the good life didn’t necessarily include her husband Marcus or her daughter Monica. It truly takes “A Mother’s Love” from Georgia to pray her down to earth!”
Survivor: Living Above the Noise a film by and about Brooke Bello, it tells the tale of “one woman’s search for freedom from a devastating act of destruction to the ultimate ‘triumph of the human spirit.” Bello documents her own story of working as a sexual slave in the U.S.
New York Premiere of Tango Macbeth @ 20th Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival
It’s official. Tango Macbeth will have it’s New York City Premiere at the 20th Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival November 23 to December 9th, 2012. I will post the dates as soon as they are made public. Congrats to everyone who made this film possible. See you in New York City!
It’s a Play, within a Documentary, within a Film
Macbeth- deconstructed- Tango Macbeth is a visceral, fluid, energetic re-imagining of this classic tragedy for a 21st Century multicultural world.
Synopsis of the film: A theater company rehearses Macbeth. A documentary film crew follows them during the rehearsal process. Occasionally the actors become lost in Shakespeare’s world. This blend of intense drama, dance and humor is a refreshing take on Shakespeare’s classic text.
Shakespeare’s Macbeth was originally set in 11th Century Scotland at a time of great upheaval. Duncan’s army has just defeated the Norwegians, and General Macbeth has received a new title and lands in acknowledgment of his victories on the war field. But the Witches have told Macbeth and his co-commander Banquo that one day Macbeth will be king, and Banquo will be mother to a line of Kings (unknown to most, Banquo had an affair with Duncan and her son Fleance is an illegitimate heir to the throne).
Macbeth writes of this prophesy to his wife Lady Macbeth. She is thrilled at the news and plots a way to gain the throne sooner as opposed to later- by any means necessary.
Eventually the Macbeths kill King Duncan and anyone who stands in their way. Macbeth even goes so far as to have his friend Banquo murdered. At the first major social affair where the Macbeths are King and Queen, Banquo’s Ghost comes to dinner and haunts Macbeth. But Macbeth remains resolute and continues to have friends and families killed to solidify his position on the throne. But the killing takes a toll on Lady Macbeth, who goes mad and eventually commits suicide after she learns of the slaughter of Macduff’s wife and children.
In the final scenes Macduff vows revenge for the destruction of his family and attacks the Macbeth estate.
The idea of a tango dance, with multiple partners, each coupling has it’s own intensity and power dynamics. The word tango comes from the Congo in central Africa and means drum circle. A place where people in the community are invited to dance and share. We use the word tango in this literal sense. The film audience is invited into a space to experience and share. The music is very percussive, keeping in line with the traditional African drum music used in tango circles.
Our version of Macbeth differs from Shakespeare’s in the following manner:
a) Banquo is played as a woman
b) Teenage boy parts, such as Fleance, are played by women
c) The cast comes from various cultural backgrounds
d) The drama of the play intersects with the drama of making the film
e) We reference various cultures in the music, set design, costume, and shooting style of the film.
f) The center of the story is the family drama of the Macbeths and the Macduffs.
g) We start the film in the middle of the play where Macduff discovers the King has been murdered.
Tango Macbeth Tour Kick Off! NY, Chicago, Washington DC, & Paris!
We are very excited to announce that Tango Macbeth has been selected for the best of the African Diaspora International Film Festival Tour. We will be visiting New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, and Paris with ADIFF to promote and spread the word about this unique and vibrant film.
Please join us at Teacher’s College (525 West 120th Street, New York City) on Sunday, January 20th at 3pm for our first stop on tour. The film runs 73 minutes and there is a Q&A session with the director Nadine Patterson. We will also sign posters for a $10 donation. All proceeds will go to the French translation of the film in preparation for our Paris premiere.
Please be sure to bring photo I.D. in order to enter the building.
Tickets: Students & Seniors- $10 Adults- $12
For Tickets please go to http://nyadiff.org/tangomacbeth/
DINNER @ CHOCOLAT: http://www.chocolatharlem.com/
After the screening we invite our friends and supporters to celebrate with us at Chocolat Restaurant & Lounge (2217-13 Frederick Douglas Boulevard) 8th Ave and 120th Street. Seating is limited so contact us at hipcinema23@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining us after the screening.
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