La Rumba / 1987

Paris, 1938. In a lavishly decorated nightclub, couples dance the syncopated rhythms of Latin America: Rumba, Cucaracha, Tango, and also the Charleston, Foxtrot and Boston. Among beautiful women, local pimps and Mussolini's spies brush each other on the dance floor, and in the streets. A police inspector is charged with a difficult task, to clean-up the city streets - just when bodies start falling around, as the Mafia and the spies tend each other deadly traps.

Peret i l'origen de la rumba catalana / 2019

Como se forma una rumba / 2006

Explores the roots of one of Cuba's most popular dance and musical forms: rumba. This enthralling exploration features fascinating interviews, energetic Afro-Cuban jams and more than a few entertaining insights. Spotlighted artists include Chico O'Farrill, Jose Fajardo, Juan Pablo Torres, Alfredo Valdes Jr., Candido Camero, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Armando Lopez, Art Farmer and many more.

Jesse Cook: The Rumba Foundation /

Live concert by Canadian Guitarist Jesse Cook.

Rumba Rules, New Genealogies / 2020

Rumba Rules, New Genealogies offers an enjoyable, rough-edged glimpse into the music scene of Kinshasa, with impromptu shots drawing the viewer into jam sessions on plastic chairs, and the quest for perfection at the studio.

Rumba In the Jungle: The Return /

Rumba in the Jungle - The Return' is a glimpse into the world of competitive DanceSport in South Africa through a world renowned dance competition, hosted in Sun City, South Africa that after 1999, went defunct. As it returns 18 years later, we follow two legendary dance icons as they prepare a new generation of dancers for the competition that once launched their own dance careers.

Rumba Tres, de ida y vuelta / 2016

Havana Club Rumba Sessions: La Clave / 2015

Gilles Peterson, along with his old friend Ade Egun Crispin Robinson, guides the audience through rumba's continued significance in a country where a carefully preserved past has long sat side-by-side with innovation. The history of rumba, inextricably tied up with the slave trade, uniquely intertwines West African and Iberian musical styles. With roots in the Congo, Nigeria, Benin and Cameroon, different African religious institutions such as Ifa, Ekpe and Nkisi were remade in Cuba as Lukumi (Santeria), Palo, Abakua and Arara. The film draws together religious and social realities instituted by the African diaspora which have a distinct, if complex, connection to the rhythms foundational to contemporary club music.

Vals & Rumba / 2021

A statue that dreams and a very special robot cleaner that works in the museum.

¡Cuchíbiri, cuchíbiri! La rumba de Peret / 2013

'¡Cuchíbiri cuchíbiri!' is the story of the Catalan rumba. Created by Catalan gypsies, this documentary is narrated by its very creator: Peret, who sold millions of records around the world. Stories about stardom, friendship and family, yet also about his disenchantment with the music industry. A man who took charge of his destiny with sheer determination and talent, and then simply walked away.

Rumba caliente / 1952

Stage-hand and a concession-girl try to break into showbiz.

La ultima rumba de papa Montero / 1991

Neocalorrismo & Rumba’n’Roll / 2018

When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba / 1933

Fleischer Studios 'Screen Song' of "When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba".

Mi Rumba / 1941

Cinemasters Soundie

On the Rumba River / 2007

Wendo Kolosoy was a former boxer and ship's mechanic from the Congo who in 1948 recorded a song called "Marie Louise" as Papa Wendo. Wendo's music, an infectious blend of Latin and African rhythms, took the nation by storm and he became an overnight star among the Congolese. However, while the sound Wendo created proved to have a lasting influence in the Congo, his own fame waned, and as he slipped into obscurity, he watched the sad history of his nation unfold, as the end of colonialism led to wave after wave of bloody violence. Wendo's music, however, has been discovered by a new generation of music fans, and the aging musician continues to perform as often as he can.

Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! / 19496.01 voti

Il rag. Filippo De Bellis è innamorato d’una ballerina, Ester. Un giorno Filippo viene rapito e portato in una fattoria dove un vecchio zio, che non conosce, gli comunica d’averlo nominato erede universale. Sopraggiunge intanto la compagnia di varietà, della quale fa parte Ester. A Filippo sembra di toccare il cielo col dito; ma la figlia del fattore, d’accordo col padre, ordisce una trama per far sì che Filippo si comprometta. In tal modo potrà costringerlo a sposarla ed entrerà in possesso della pingue eredità. Accade che Filippo, trovandosi per caso sul palcoscenico, rivela insospettate attitudini e decide di dedicarsi alla carriera artistica, al fianco d’Ester. Ma durante una partita di caccia, la figlia del fattore sorprende i due innamorati. Tra le due donne ha luogo un duello a fucilate e la figlia del fattore ha la peggio. Filippo ed Ester potranno finalmente sposarsi.

Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen /

Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen is a song of praise to the musical genre of rumba in New York City. It reveals the vibrant Afro-Cuban culture of the city. In addition, the film unravels the African and Andalusian origins of rumba and follows ordinary people and famous musicians through the dances, drums, and clave rhythm of the genre. The film is a poem of color and music, bringing to the surface the symbolic religious cosmogonies of Bantu, Abakua, Yoruba and Arara traditions that have nourished it. By paying homage to the grand masters of the genre, such as Chano Pozo and his collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie, Rumba Blen Blen Blen is a historical journey that traces the history of rumba in New York through the words and music of scholars, producers, artists and renowned musicians who continue to practice it today.

Last Rumba in Rochdale / 2002

Bodney Brooks, a twelve year old master of computer controlled puppetry, decides to arrange a surprise birthday party for his Gran in an attempt to get back into his family’s good books. But, as ever in Bodney’s world, things don’t quite go to plan.

Hula Rumba / 1947

A Soundie featuring Gloria King and Bernie Kaai with Kuaana’s Dream Islanders.