La Singla
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Overview
Antonia Singla was born deaf and learned to dance flamenco without listening to music. At age 17, she revolutionized flamenco, but before turning 30 years old, she disappeared from the stage. Fifty years later, the time has com to tell her story.
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Review
One day, filmmaker Paloma Zapata came across a black-and-white video of a flamenco dancer, and it shocked her. The dancer’s charismatic movements and her sad but mysterious eyes were enough to make Zapata remember the name of Antonia Singla. Starting with this video from the 1960s when Singla was 16 or 17, Zapata decided to dissect this mystic flamenco dancer. What she found out to her shock was that just a week after Singla was born at a gypsy town near Barcelona, she suffered from hearing impairment. Although she couldn’t hear music, Singla started to dance by feeling the vibrations, and soon, she was famous. After appearing in a few movies, she was recognized as one of German’s best dancers. However, she disappeared without a trace when she turned 30, and there lies a tragic story behind it. What happened to Singla? 50 years later, the camera sets off in search of the dancer. (CHUN Jinsu)
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Credit
- DirectorPaloma ZAPATA
- ProducerPaloma ZAPATA, Nadja SMITH, Paola Sainz de BARANDA
- ScreenplayPaloma ZAPATA
- CinematographyDani MAURI, Iñaki GORRAIZ
- MusicJuliane HEINEMANN
- EditorPaloma ZAPATA
- SoundHannes SCHULZ
- CastAntonia SINGLA
Film Source
Rise And Shine World Sales⎜anja.dziersk@riseandshine-berlin.de
Director
Paloma ZAPATA
Degree in Fine Arts and master in Creative Documentary, in 2008 Paloma Zapata founded her production company La Fábrica Naranja.
