Santos–Skin to Skin
USA // 2022 // Documentary // LOS FEATURES
PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE
LOLA AWARD NOMINEE
Santos–Skin to Skin is a film portrait of community activist and seven-time Grammy nominee John Santos, a “keeper of the Afro-Caribbean flame.” Rich in unforgettable musical performances, Santos links the rhythms of his ancestors to contemporary struggles against urban gentrification, social inequality, and racial injustice. His hands on the skin of the conga peel back the legacy of colonialism while navigating the politics of culture and global migration. One of the world’s foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music, Santos, through his mixed Puerto Rican & Cape Verdean heritage, musical storytelling and legendary percussion classes, strives to unite and expand his kaleidoscopic audience.
Director: Kathryn Golden
Producer: Ashley James, Kathryn Golden
Documentary
English with English subtitles
75 minutes
This film is only screening in-person and will not be available to stream virtually.
KATHRYN GOLDEN has produced award-winning films including: Producer/Director Zenju’s Path (BOS/PBS,Netherlands) commissioned documentary about the first female African-American Buddhist priests calling to Zen with her drum; Producer/Director Moments of Illumination –Lawrence Jordan (BOS/PBS, Netherlands) commissioned documentary of the Bay Area animator/founder of avant-garde cinema in America; Producer/Director/Editor, Across Time and Space German co-production documentary about the Bondy family surviving Nazi Germany to preserve pioneering educational ideas in America; Producer/EditorAnd Still We Dance, (PBS) a one hour portrait of the SanFrancisco Ethnic Dance Festival; Producer/Editor, Kitka & Davka in Concert (PBS); Producer/Director/Editor, AmericanTreasure – The Folk Art of Joaquim Miguel Almeida NewEngland regional PBS. Awards include: National Endowment for the Arts, San Francisco Advertisers ShortFilm Award, Isadora Duncan (IZZY) Award.