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The Mandolin King
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Secondary Title:
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(El Rey del Bandolin)
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Filmmaker Name:
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John Dickinson
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Film Length:
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28 min
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Film Year:
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1985
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Duration:
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21-45 min
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Decade:
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1980s
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Color:
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color
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Subject:
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Music, Dance & Theater
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Cruz Quinal, "the mandolin king," lives near Cumana in a mountain valley surrounded by sugarcane fields. Perpetuating 16th century Spanish traditions of guitar-making, Cruz fashions such musical instruments as cuatros, marimba, escarpandola, and his own creation, a mandolin with two fretboards. He is an accomplished musician as well. In this moving portrait, Cruz compares himself to a decaying colonial church across the street: revered yet neglected, the village altar stands, paint peeling, under the open sky.
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