Festival in Puerto Rico

Festival in Puerto Rico (1961)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1961-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 28min
  • Production Company: ONF | NFB
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Directors: Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig.

Summary

This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great Spanish cellist and conductor Pablo Casals and sponsored annually by the Puerto Rican government. Part concert film, part tourism film, Festival in Puerto Rico offers viewers candid glimpses of mid-20th century Puerto Rico intercut with performance footage of Forrester and her husband, violinist-conductor Eugene Kash.

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  • Maureen Forrester

    as Herself
  • Eugene Kash

    as Himself
  • Alexander Schneider

    as Himself
  • Pablo Casals

    as Himself
Directing Roman Kroitor Director
Production Tom Daly Executive Producer
Directing Wolf Koenig Director
Sound Kathleen Shannon Sound Editor
Editing Roman Kroitor Editor
Sound Karl du Plessis Sound Editor
Sound Sidney Pearson Sound Editor
Editing Wolf Koenig Editor
Production Roman Kroitor Producer
Sound Ron Alexander Sound Recordist
Sound Claude Pelletier Sound Recordist
Camera Michel Brault Director of Photography
Writing Strowan Robertson Writer

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