‘Fandango at the Wall,’ Music Doc Produced by Quincy Jones and Carlos Santana, Lands at HBO (EXCLUSIVE) Music documentary “Fandango at the Wall,” chronicling an extraordinary journey undertaken by musician Arturo O’Farrill and producer Kabir Sehgal — both multiple Grammy winners — to Veracruz, Mexico to recruit master musicians for a live album recording at the…
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Music Latin has partnered with Tiger Turn Productions for the feature music documentary Fandango at the Wall. Directed by Varda Bar-Kar and executive produced by Quincy Jones, Andrew Young, Carlos Santana, the feature follows Grammy-winning musician and Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra founder Arturo O’Farrill and Grammy-winning producer Kabir Sehgal as they prepare to record a live album at the…
This photo was taken during my first year at Cornell University. I had wanted to go to a college that had a strong performing arts program, especially in Dance because I loved modern dance and had a penchant for choreography, but my mother insisted that I go to an Ivy League if I wanted my…
Unbelievably, I actually remember this red cap with white polka dots. Here my sister and I are at Fisherman’s Wharf perched beside San Francisco Bay. We’re wearing the patent leather shoes we traveled from England. I remember my first days at the all-girls private school where I finally landed. The girls found my name odd…
The fates are full of surprises. Here I am in San Francisco with Julia Dean, the daughter of the Australian Consulate, with whom I immediately felt a commonality because she had traveled almost as much as I had by this point. I love Julia and her family, but she was a visitor, I was here…
It’s me in San Francisco just days after we left London. I had just discovered Coco Puffs, peanut butter, and technicolor. I still remember the flavor of that first taste of Skippy. A week earlier, I was in distress. I didn’t want to leave England where my father still lived. My mother took me to…
Who are these filmmakers who make the films and shows we watch? 🎬 How do their personal histories and experiences shape their creative vision and the stories they tell? While I had some extraordinary experiences growing up, truly awesome adventures, and, thanks to my mother, received an incredibly privileged education, I’m also a survivor of a…
I finally found a photo from the time we lived in London. My mother Charlotte was (and still is)as you see, knock-out gorgeous and smart as hell. At the time this photo was taken, she was a bank executive setting up huge international barter deals trading steel and other raw materials. She was an innovator…
I want to share with you a photo of me from my childhood days in London, but all I can find is this torn passport page. Incredibly, I remember being in that passport office—excited and at the same time apprehensive about my future. Moving from Israel to England was tough for me but I never…
I was born in London, England, but spent a good part of my early childhood in Israel. My time in Israel was both joyous and tumultuous. My parents divorced by the time I turned three or maybe four. Then we moved a lot. I don’t know exactly when, but I remember the trauma of that…