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Ekko and Agent 351 are special agents of the Mambo Police tracking an infectious disease called "clave" that induces mambo madness. Ekko was left for dead following an attempt on his life by his former partner 259, alias Muñeco. But Ekko survives the hit and he swears revenge against Muñeco. In this scene Ekko is interrogated by Agent 351, Muñeco's new partner in the Mambo Police.
Celebration of a promise to the Three Kings made by the great-grandfather of my family on my mother's side (Santiago Maldonado) on arriving in Puerto Rico 250 years ago. The promise has been consistently paid on January 6 of every year to this day. This particular promise was paid or celebrated by my uncle Don Ismael Santiago Maldonado.
Video created to promote, "Out of Focus Traffik Signs" exhibition at Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico" by ADÁL, April 8 - August 2, 2011 Concept, Camera and Editing by Adál Maldonado
Nuyorican Mental States is a language sandwich by Adál Maldonado & Sheila Candelario that describes the operational methods of the Mental States Operation Unit of El Puerto Rican Embassy in establishing and granting official possession rights and copyright certification to each citizen of El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico's mental state.
West Side Story Upside Down, Sideways, Backwards and Out of Focus. Conceived, & Edited by Adál Maldonado. With opera performance by Brenda Feliciano. Percussion solo by Tito Puente.
It is unwritten that there is no beginning and that there is no end. Guión, Direction, Camerawork, & Editing by Adál Maldonado. Performed by Gary Cruz.
Graffiti for the Internet. Jíbaro exitentialism translated into English for the multilingually impaired. Conceived, Directed, & Edited and with silent music composed and performed by ADÁL.
When lulled into a complaisant state horrible things may happen. Conceived, Written, and Edited by Adal Maldonado Starring Silvia Sierra and the Atom Bomb Music: "No. 2 Alnilam" from "Las Tres Marias" by Heitor Villa-Lobos Music performed by Martha Marchena A Strange Cargo Production, 2010
Prison scene from La Mambópera where Tristessa, in prison for murder, longs for her slain lover, Muñeco, and brings him back from the dead through song. La Mambópera tells the story of a woman arrested and brought to trial for murder and for dancing the forbidden mambo and how her efforts at the resulting trial bring about the transformation of this oppressed society. Written by Adál Maldonado, Directed by Adam Karsten, Musical Director Gonzalo Grau, Music: Gujo Bushi written by Benjamín Escor...
Mambo Madness takes place in a Totalitarian State called Silencio City. It unfolds in an Asylum designed to resemble a night club that has been created to detain citizens that have been infected with a virus called "clave": the erotic and propulsive rhythm that keeps time on the dance floor of the imagination.Conceived and Edited by Adál Maldonado, Music: Bésame Mucho written by Consuelo Vásquez, performed by Gonzalo Grau, A Production of Strange Cargo Films, 2007 Broadcast on WNET Channel 13 ...