La Rumbera: Ninón Sevilla
Cinema Rediscovered 2024
Thu 25 July
A trio of brand-new restorations starring Cuban-born actor, singer and dancer Ninón Sevilla (Emelia Pérez Castellanos, 1929-2015), a Latin American icon and exponent of African, Caribbean, and Cuban dance styles, called by Variety “a cross between Rita Hayworth and Carmen Miranda”.
The selected films combine elements of film-noir, rumbera and cabaretera genres during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
These three new 4K restorations were produced by Permanencia Voluntaria and presented by Film Noir UK and Lorena Pino as part of Other Ways of Seeing, supported by BFI awarding funds from National Lottery.
Upcoming screenings in this season
UK Premiere: Carita de Cielo
classified 15 S Ninón Sevilla
Ninón Sevilla’s film debut the very year she arrived in Mexico from her native Cuba.
UK Premiere: Aventurera
classified 15 S Ninón Sevilla
An upper middle class woman falls into an erotic underworld of lust and betrayal in a musical/noir film that catapulted Ninón Sevilla to stardom after her debut in film in 1946.
Víctimas del Pecado (Victims of Sin)
classified 15 S Ninón Sevilla
An extravagant film noir set in Mexico City’s red-light district nightclubs, starring sensationally versatile diva Ninón Sevilla, known as ‘The Golden Venus’.
Individual events and screenings unless otherwise specified:
£10.00 full (plus 12% booking fee*)
£8.00 concessions / Refugees and Asylum Seekers (plus 12% booking fee*)
£5.00 24 or under (plus 12% booking fee*)
Concessions apply to Full Time Students, Job Seekers Allowance and Employment Support Allowance, 66+ who have retired, Equity and BECTU members and disabled people. Where applicable please produce proof of eligibility when collecting a ticket.
*Booking fee applies to online and phone booking only.
Complimentary tickets are available for Personal Assistants accompanying customers who are Deaf / Disabled.
Cinema Rediscovered Festival Pass
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Pass prices: £120 full / £100 concessions / £80 24 and under.
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Please note: the Cinema Walks, Projection Tours and the Film Quiz are excluded from the Pass and Package.