hhbooker2-1 Review of Konga Roja

Konga Roja (1943)

Konja Roja (Red Congo) lives up to their title!

[10/10 · 27 November 2006]

The supervisor of a banana packing plant (Pedro Gregorio Armendariz-Hastings, 09 May 1912 - 18 June 1963) is a target of union opponents in KONGA ROJA. While defending the members of the plant's union, and keeping their goals alive in the workplace, the supervisor is robbed by a band of bad guys. Little does he know his so-called best friend (Jorge Arriga) is one of the culprits. Amist the office politics and union protest, his life is further complicated by a romance with a singer (Maria Antonieta Pons, 11 June 1922 - 20 August 2004) at a port tavern. Maria Antonieta Pons was one of a half-dozen stars who extravagant costumes dance numbers earned them the nickname "Tropical Queens" from this film and created a style that lasted until the 1950s, and helped define the tropical-dancer genre known as "rumbera" films. Pedro Armendariz cut his career short when he committed suicide by a handgun at the age of 51, sad to say! Sarge Booker of Tujunga, California