Human Tower selected for competition to the 2012 Margaret Mead Film Festival! Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 4pm, Kaufmann Theatre, American Museum of Natural History.

“The Human Tower” on the History Channel, India!

Human Tower on History Channel India.
Premiere — Airing on August 9, 2012 at 2000hrs.
Repeats on — August 10, 2012 at 1000hrs & 1900hrs.
August 11, 2012 at 1730hrs and August 12, 2012 at 1000hrs.

One of the world’s most unusual and spectacular team endeavors – the Spanish region of Catalonia’s three hundred year old tradition of building multi-storey human towers called castells – made its New York City debut on June 20 at 230 FIFTH, when the 150 member Castellers de Vilafranca set a new world record by building the first eight-level castell ever assembled on a rooftop. The performance, also included the building of several other towers in different configurations on 230 FIFTH’s palm punctuated roof deck, inaugurated a series of free public castell buildings throughout New York City from June 20 to 24 in honor of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center complex. Each tower was an exercise in intense concentration, strength and balance as the bare footed participants form successively smaller tiers – resembling a human wedding cake – by climbing up the bodies of each layer to mount the shoulders of the previous tier until the tower is topped by a single 9 years old child. An almost balletic, decidedly athletic and heart-stopping feat orchestrated to the inspiring melodies of a quartet playing Catalonian music.

The series of performances were the first by any castell team in New York City; the Castellers de Vilafranca, considered Spain’s best, have been planning for years to build in the Big Apple as a means of introducing to the United States the activity which UNESCO has recognized as being amongst the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Their trip coincided with an official visit by President of the Catalan Government, Artur Mas.

The Castellers de Vilfranca perfomed in Central Park and Battery Park for the Make Music NY Festival on June 21st. The event was to promote the film, The Human Tower by Ram Devineni and Cano Rojas and distributed by Goldcrest.

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OTHER NEWS:
NEW YORK TIMES: A Human Tower Needs a Foundation as Well as a Pinnacle
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Human Tower on the Rise in the City
FOX & FRIENDS: The incredible human tower
USA TODAY: See a ‘Human Tower’ team from Spain in NYC
MSNBC: Human tower joins Manhattan skyline
MSNBC PHOTOS: Human tower joins the Manhattan skyline
NEW YORK OBSERVER Catalonian Tradition of Human Tower Building Rises High in New York
RECORD TV (BRAZIL): Torre de gente alegra parques de Nova York
THE TELEGRAPH: Human tower built in New York to honour rebuilding of World Trade Center
THRILLIST: A World-Record Human Tower
HINDUSTAN TIMES: Human tower
CNN MEXICO: Los Castellers de Vilafranca construyen en NY la torre humana más alta
NY DAILY NEWS: New York Pictures of the Week: June 14 – June 21
NEWSDAY: Building human towers
LA VANGUARDIA: Castells de pel·lícula
COURIER JOUNRAL: See a ‘Human Tower’ team from Spain in NYC
NATIONAL POST: Human towers reach new eight-level heights in New York City
FOX LANTINO: Spanish Team Builds Human ‘Skyscrapers’ in NYC
GOTHAMIST: Record-Setting Human Tower Rises Up From Roof At 230 Fifth
EXAMINER: ‘The Human Tower’ at 230 FIFTH
METRO: Human tower builders attempt world record in New York
HULU: Weird News: Human Towers joins New York Skyline
CNA: Catalan human towers scrape Manhattan’s sky
LA VANGUARDIA: Los Castellers de Vilafranca hacen historia al alzar torres en Nueva York
ZAGAT: Herring Festival at Aquavit, Human Towers at 230 Fifth
JOONBUG: Humans Build Tower Out of Humans
MAKE MUSIC FESTIVAL: Feature Profile – Castellers de Vilafranca / MMNY World Tour
L’INDEPENDANT: Les Castellers de Vilafranca del Penedès à l’assaut des tours de Manhattan
MID-DAY: A eight-level human tower on a rooftop
COZYCOT: Photos from tower build.
MARKET WATCH: International Team Sport to Make World Record-Setting New York City Debut
El NORTE DE CASTILLA: Los Castellers de Vilafranca suben sus castillos a las alturas de Nueva York
8 TV: Els Castellers de Vilafranca fan la competència a l’Empire State de Nova York
EL TIEMPO: Los Castellers de Vilafranca llegaron con sus castillos a las alturas de Nueva York
KETNET: childrens TV of the record setting event.
CONNECT BARCELONA: Interview with Cano Rojas on the film.
MIDAY NEWSPAPER: Indian newspaper on the making of the Human Tower.
LATERCERA: Chilean newspaper article on the film and castel building in Chile (PDF)
TIMEOUT BARCELONA: Review of The Human Tower movie.
VILAWEB: Article on the film and Vilafranca (website)
REVISTA: Magazine article in Spain on the film and the screening at DocBarcelona (PDF)
LA CLAU: Website article in Catalonia on the movie.
ARA NEWSPAPERS: Catalan newspaper article on the movie and its screenings in Catalonia.
NACIO DIGITAL: Catalan website on the film and its screening at DocBarcelona.
MANRESAINFO: Website article in Catalan on the film.
LA VENTANA INDISCRETA: Radio interview with Cano Rojas on the film.
WONDERLAND: Radio Interview with Cano Rojas on the Human Tower.
EL SUBMARI: Radio Interview with Cano Rojas on the movie. (minuto 67 aprox)