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PAQUITO D'RIVERA: FROM CARNE Y FRIJOL TO CARNEGIE HALL
Juan Mandelbaum
U.S.A.
Documentary
2026
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72 min.
Dir. Juan Mandelbaum and musician Paquito D’Rivera Present for Q&A
*Reception to follow; sponsored by Ron Barcelo
SYNOPSIS
PAQUITO D'RIVERA: FROM CARNE Y FRIJOL TO CARNEGIE HALL tells the story of a brilliant artist and 18-time GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY winner who also happens to be a great entertainer. Cuban-born, he defected in 1980 at a substantial personal cost. An immigrant success story, D'Rivera has proven a restless musical genius. A superior clarinetist, sax player, and composer, he's constantly exploring a wide variety of musical styles — always with his trademark blend of an inquisitive musical mind, irreverent humor, and impeccable technique. Filmed in New York, Boston, Wolf Trap, VA, Miami and Uruguay, the film includes collaborations with pianist Chucho Valdés and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Juan Mandelbaum
Juan Mandelbaum is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, teacher, curator and consultant, and President and Creative Director of Geovision, a Massachusetts-based multicultural communications agency. Born in Argentina, where he studied sociology and worked as a journalist, photographer and educator before leaving in 1977 to escape the military dictatorship, he was a producer/director at WGBH-Boston on Americas, the ten-part PBS/Channel 4-UK series on Latin America and the Caribbean, co-producing In Women's Hands and producing Builders of Images. His independent films (among them Caetano in Bahia, Ringl and Pit, A New World of Music and the Poetry Heaven series) have aired on PBS, screened at festivals worldwide, and received support from the Sundance Institute, ITVS, Latino Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts/Massachusetts Cultural Council. His work has earned EMMY awards and nominations, CINE Golden Eagles, Gabriel and CHRIS awards, and a Silver Apple, and he is past president of International Film Seminars, organizers of the Flaherty Film Seminars.
Juan Mandelbaum es un documentalista galardonado que también se ha desempeñado como docente, curador y consultor, y es presidente y director creativo de Geovision, agencia de comunicación multicultural con sede en Massachusetts. Nacido en Argentina, donde estudió sociología y trabajó como periodista, fotógrafo y educador antes de partir en 1977 para dejar atrás la dictadura militar, fue productor y director en WGBH-Boston de Americas, la serie de diez capítulos sobre América Latina y el Caribe para PBS y Channel 4-UK, donde coprodujo In Women's Hands y produjo Builders of Images. Sus producciones independientes (entre ellas Caetano in Bahia, Ringl and Pit, A New World of Music y la serie Poetry Heaven) se han emitido por PBS, han circulado en festivales de todo el mundo y han contado con el apoyo del Sundance Institute, ITVS, Latino Public Broadcasting y el National Endowment for the Arts/Massachusetts Cultural Council. Su trabajo ha recibido premios y nominaciones EMMY, CINE Golden Eagles, premios Gabriel y CHRIS, y un Silver Apple; fue además presidente de International Film Seminars, organizadores de los Flaherty Film Seminars.
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