Latiné - X Lit on FILM - The Mambo Kings

Monday, September 92:00—4:00 PMStaff Conference RoomThomas Branigan Memorial Library200 E. Picacho Ave., Las Cruces, NM, 88001

Join us for a film screening of the movie The Mambo Kings, based on the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning book, "The Mambo Kings Play Sings of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos. 

Synopsis: Two brothers from Cuba seek success as musicians in the New York nightclub circuit of the 1950s. Eventually, success comes to them in the form of a cameo on "I Love Lucy".

Watch the film trailer HERE.

Cast: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Desi Arnaz Jr.

Rated R

Directed by Arne Glimcher for Warner Bros Studios 

Runtime: 105 minutes 

Light Refreshments will be served. 


View the film in preparation for Latiné -X Lit Book Group – Last Wednesday of the Month at noon on August 25th.

 You can access e-reader and audiobook copies through the libraries Libby and Hoopla apps.

No Registration Required