La Candidata

Rigoberta Menchú is gonna run for president of Guatemala for a party called Encuentro Por Guatemala. Back in '92 we lucked out, when Rigoberta Menchú won the Nobel Peace Prize while we were in post for the film about Guatemala we had shot with her and her network of human rights organisations. The gold standard of films about Central American conflict back then was already "When The Mountains Tremble" by Pam Yates. Now Pam, Paco and Peter will follow Rigoberta Menchú's candidacy, which means there's gonna be another great Skylight Pictures classic to look forward to.

Trailer for "When The Mountains Tremble"

Chitlin' Circuit

Munich's own DJ Jonathan Fischer has come out with a new compilation called Motel Lovers.This time he compiled rare and obscure hits from the Chitlin' Circuit. The result makes you feel like spending a Saturday in some joint with a great juke box somewhere in the Mississippi-Tennessee-Alabama area. All great, steaming, nasty, bluesy Funk and Soul that sounds like it's been produced sometime in the 70s, although all tracks are recent. It's JoFi's tenth compilation for Trikont, each one comes highly recommended, like the collection of black Country Dirty Laundry and the study of preaching Funk and Soul Overcome.My favorite is of course Hits & Misses,a whole CD full of songs about and by Muhammad Ali.