Name: DC Caribbean FilmFest: AGRIDULCE + Q&A w/ producer Benjamin de Menil
Start: 2026-06-07T18:15:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-07T20:15:00+00:00
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

$DC Caribbean FilmFest: AGRIDULCE + Q&A w\/ producer Benjamin de Menil$

DC Caribbean FilmFest: AGRIDULCE [BITTERSWEET] featuring Q&A with producer Benjamin de Menil, founder of Academia de Bachata
In the Dominican town of Cabarete, bachata is a way of life far from the discos where it is danced the world over. With five years of filming, director Frank Pavich (JODOROWSKY’S DUNE) intimately captures the coming-of-age of a group of child musicians, showing how music guides their journey to self-discovery. Generations collide, and the children struggle for balance. Along the way, they are mentored by Martires de Leon, a world-famous guitarist and teacher at a school devoted to the music that has become the Dominican Republic’s primary export. (Note courtesy of filmmakers.)
Dominican Republic/U.S.
In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Also screening on Thursday, June 10 (no Q&A)
Part of the DC Caribbean FilmFest. For the full lineup visit: https://tinyurl.com/DCCaribbeanFF26