Frank Pavich & Mártires de León Talk Agridulce, Bachata & a New Generation Finding Their Voice!

We’re heading to the Dominican Republic on this episode of The Roundtable with Robert Bannon as director Frank Pavich and Bachata musician, producer and mentor Mártires de León join us to talk about the powerful new documentary AGRIDULCE. From Pavich, the director behind Jodorowsky’s Dune, AGRIDULCE follows a group of aspiring young Bachata artists searching for answers about love, life and their futures through the music that surrounds them. At the center of their journey is Mártires de León — guitarist and musical producer for Latin superstar Romeo Santos and a teacher at Academia de Bachata, a school devoted to preserving, teaching and carrying Bachata forward to a new generation. We talk about capturing these young artists at such an important moment in their lives, the history and evolution of Bachata, the responsibility of passing a culture from one generation to the next, and what happens when young people begin deciding which pieces of the past they want to carry into their own futures. Plus, Frank and Mártires take us behind the making of the film, the incredible young people at its center, and why AGRIDULCE is ultimately about so much more than music. Following its World Premiere at SXSW and screenings including the Guadalajara International Film Festival, AGRIDULCE heads to the New York Latino Film Festival, screening Saturday, September 19 at 4:30 PM at Regal Union Square. Watch the full conversation now on The Roundtable with Robert Bannon, available on BroadwayWorld, Broadway Podcast Network, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio and wherever you get your favorite shows! Be sure to like, subscribe, follow and share — and as always, remember: the best is yet to come! #TheRoundtable #RobertBannon #Agridulce #FrankPavich #MartiresDeLeon #Bachata #DominicanRepublic #RomeoSantos #NYLFF #NewYorkLatinoFilmFestival #SXSW #Documentary #LatinMusic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices