"Actor: Celia Cruz"

• Celia Cruz And The Fania All Stars In Africa | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Universally known as the Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz is one of the creators and major influences of Afro-Cuban music. A winner of a Grammy'' Award together with other internationally renowned artists signed to the famed record label Fania they toured extensively as the Fania Allstars. The Fania label was set up in 1964 and became a unique record of modern salsa. In 1974 Celia Cruz & the Fania Allstars were invited to take part in a 3-day festival in celebration of black sports and entertainment in Kinshasa Zaire. Their original performance on the first day caused such a hysterical response from the audience that they were invited back two days later for an encore performance. The concert was part of the infamous Rumble in the Jungle title fight between the reigning champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. Their phenomenal performance to an audience of 80 000 people at the Stadu du Hai was shot in 35mm on six cameras by director Leon Gast (who won an Academy Award for When We Were Kings.) Tracklisting: Kymbala (Celia Cruz) Guantanemera (Celia Cruz) En Orbita El Raton Mi Gente Guantanemera Ponte Duro Fania Theme

• The Perez Family | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A vivacious Cuban girl looking for freedom in America and a conservative family man returning to his wife after 20 years are mistaken for husband and wife by immigration officers, leading to an accidental love triangle with hilarious consequences. ; ; Set in Miami's Little Havana. Freshly released from a Cuban prison, and finally on his way to Miami to meet up with his wife and daughter, Juan Raul Perez encounters an alluring young prostitute named Dottie Perez. When the US authorities see th.

• Salsa - Latin Pop Music | DVD | (24/12/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

• Beats Of The Heart - Salsa | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £10.78   |  Saving you £4.21 (39.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Salsa refers not only to hot sauce but hot music - the exuberant dance music of Latino communities in New York and other cities in the Eastern U.S. as well as Puerto Rico and Cuba. Over the past 25 years salsa has profoundly influenced jazz and pop music while giving a focal point for a colourful distinctively Latin way of walking talking and dancing. From the barrios of New York City to the roots-culture of the Caribbean Salsa captures Latin music in all its joy vitality and improvisational brilliance. Celia Cruz is shown in rehearsal. Charlie Palmieri instructs a class of children in the seminal Latin rhythms - bomba mambo rhumba etc. Tito Puente plays music at a wedding in the Latin community. Ruben Blades demonstrates the ways politics and music can work together. The drumming and singing of Santeria followers shows the influence of African culture and a trip to Puerto Rico establishes the roots of mainland Latin culture. Through it all the rhythms and melodies of salsa provide a vital soundtrack for the emergence of an entire people.

• Celia Cruz And The Fania All Stars In Africa | DVD | (25/01/2011) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-10.09 (-87.80%)   |  RRP £11.49

  Shot by Oscar-winner Leon Gast this is the Godmother of Salsa's 1974 performance in front of 80 000 fans in Zaire in conjunction with the Rumble in the Jungle the famous boxing match between Mohammed Ali and George Foreman. This is a vivid document of an amazing three-day festival of salsa that introduced Latin music to African audiences and became one of the most legendary performances in salsa history. Features Celia Cruz playing with some of the hottest Latin musicians such as Ray Barretto Santos Colon Cheo Feliciano Larry Harlow Pupi Lagarretta Hector Lavoe Nicky Marrero Ismael Miranda Ismael Quintana Roberto Roena Jorge Santana Yomo Toro and Bobby Valentino. Tracklist: 1. Kymbala 2. Guantanemera 3. En Orbita 4. El Raton 5. Mi Gente 6. Ponte Duro 7. Fania Theme

• Mambo Kings, The (DVD) | DVD | (16/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With a suitcase full of song and hearts filled with passion two brothers come to America in search of a dream... In 1952 Cuban brothers Cesar and Nestor Castillo arrive in America with a suitcase full of songs and an ambition to make their fortune. By day they work hard but by night as the rhythms pound they dream of the money women and fame that their exciting haunting and sultry brand of mambo music will bring... Based on Oscar Hijuelo's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love.