La décima borinqueña

La décima borinqueña

24 mins | Documentary | Sept. 8, 2005

Renowned Puerto Rican troubadours come together to revive the folk tradition of the Round Table and to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Don Quixote. While they improvise décimas, other troubadours recount the history of this Hispanic traditional poetic form and comment on the exacting art of the troubadour who must improvise ten-verse-eight-syllable stanzas with exact rhyme.

La décima borinqueña

24 mins | Documentary | Sept. 8, 2005

La décima borinqueña
Renowned Puerto Rican troubadours come together to revive the folk tradition of the Round Table and to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Don Quixote. While they improvise décimas, other troubadours recount the history of this Hispanic traditional poetic form and comment on the exacting art of the troubadour who must improvise ten-verse-eight-syllable stanzas with exact rhyme.
Producers
Original title La décima borinqueña
Directors Myriam Fuentes Linero
Writers William Cumpiano