Check this out. It was the opening act of the festival. More posts coming with some amazing drummers teaching Afro-Cuban drumming with KOSA.Continue Reading

Amazing festival runs from March 8 – 13th. The Director is Giraldo Piloto (Klimax) one of Cuba’s number one stars. Fantastic drummer.  He invited “A Drummer’s Dream” to screen during the festival.  Special thanks to Rosa Marquetti who arranged for screenings at the Havana Jazz Festival last Dec and Neris González Bello a Musicologist of...Continue Reading

Great screening yesterday, sold lots of DVDs, crowd was really pleased.Continue Reading

We had an amazing opening weekend.  Giovanni Hidalgo and Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez arrived opening night to find a 15 foot canoe covered with a skin to make it a huge and dynamic drum outside the theatre.  We will post the video soon of everyone playing the 15 foot drum. The guys also played at...Continue Reading

Documentary Film Screening: Thursday October 28, 2010 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM; doors open at 6:30 pm Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue Followed by a roundtable discussion with: John Walker, filmmaker; Kay Armatage: Cinema Studies Institute and Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto; Heidi Bohaker: Department of History, University of Toronto; Darrell...Continue Reading

Great screening yesterday.  Actor Tantoo Cardinal was at the screening.  Again audience was clapping during the film. Great Q &A after and we sold lots of DVD’s.  People want to host futher screenings and invite drummer to play.Continue Reading

We’re up on twitter! And we have a new twitter page! If you’re a fan of twitter and would like to follow us, please join us there as well! http://twitter.com/adrummersdreamContinue Reading

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A Drummer’s Dream: A John Walker Production Co-produced with the National Film Board of Canada SCREENINGS: The Royal: Friday, May 7 @10:00 p.m.  & Sunday, May 9 @1:30 p.m. ON SITE DURING HOT DOCS: Drummers: Nasyr Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Dennis Chambers and Raul Rekow Writer, Producer and Director John Walker Co-Producer Kent Martin (NFB) FULL PRESS...Continue Reading

HOT DOCS BREAKS ATTENDANCE RECORDS WITH AUDIENCES OF 136,000 AT 2010 FESTIVAL THUNDER SOUL WINS AUDIENCE AWARD; AUDIENCE TOP TEN ANNOUNCED AUTUMN GOLD WINS INAUGURAL FILMMAKERS AWARD Toronto, May 10 2010 – Hot Docs has wrapped its most successful festival to date with audience numbers reaching an estimated 136,000. The 11-day event, April 29 to...Continue Reading