Mercedes Sosa

Acting

Mercedes Sosa

Born — Died

1935-07-09 — 2009-10-04

Place of birth

San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina

Known for

Acting

Credits

27 titles

Haydée Mercedes Sosa, sometimes known as La Negra , was an Argentine singer/songwriter who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción.

Known for

Champs-Elysées poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Champs-Elysées

1982

Le Grand Échiquier poster
8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

Viña del Mar International Song Festival poster
4.7

A yearly musical contest organized by the municipality of Viña del Mar, Chile which takes place during the last week of February at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater since February 21, 1960.

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

1963

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4.2

The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even attracting a following in parts of West Germany which could receive Eastern TV. Its production values were high. Apart from song and dance numbers and appearances from East German celebrities, almost every broadcast featured well-known stars from the west, often after their popularity had peaked in their home countries.

Ein Kessel Buntes

1972

De pé a pá poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

De pé a pá

1996

Fito Páez: The World Within a Song poster
5.3

A documentary film that observes, listens to, and interacts with Fito Páez from a place of profound intimacy. The camera, almost invisible, witnesses his every move, accompanying him for over a year during recordings, rehearsals, tours, and performances in major cities across Latin America, Europe, and the United States. It is also a journey through the life of one of the greatest Spanish-language artists: his loves and heartbreaks, children and friendships, excesses, tragedies, failures, and successes.

Fito Páez: The World Within a Song

2026

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Fito Páez: The World Within a Song poster
5.3

A documentary film that observes, listens to, and interacts with Fito Páez from a place of profound intimacy. The camera, almost invisible, witnesses his every move, accompanying him for over a year during recordings, rehearsals, tours, and performances in major cities across Latin America, Europe, and the United States. It is also a journey through the life of one of the greatest Spanish-language artists: his loves and heartbreaks, children and friendships, excesses, tragedies, failures, and successes.

Fito Páez: The World Within a Song

2026

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NR

Documentary about the Argentine folk singer Tamara Castro, covering topics such as her life, her rise to fame, her magic, her charisma, and her journey into immortality. Divided in four chapters: the discovery, the fame, the Cosquín National Festival, and her immortality.

Tamara Castro: Como un tizón encendido ardiendo dentro mi sangre

2023

Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho poster
8.1

A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.

Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho

2022

Bios: Mercedes Sosa poster
6.0

Abel Pintos explores the legacy and great influence of Mercedes Sosa, the woman who revolutionized Argentine folklore. Thus, through interviews with musicians and intellectuals who supported her at the beginning of her career, with her grandchildren who knew her most intimate side, and with artists such as Fito Páez and Charly García, Abel reconstructs and honors the Mercedes figure.

Bios: Mercedes Sosa

2022

30 Years of Argentine Rock poster
10.0

Aided by archival footage and interviews with its key figures, this documentary delves into the history of Argentine rock music from its origins up to the mid-1990s.

30 Years of Argentine Rock

2020

Carlos Rivera: leyendas poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carlos Rivera: leyendas

2022

Amparo Ochoa: My Barz Broke out poster
NR

Supported by current images and national and international archives, this documentary narrates the life of the singer Amparo Ochoa, who learned music from her father, in Sinaloa. His passion for teaching, the decision to live in Mexico City, his indispensable role in the Mexican scene of the seventies and eighties, as well as his constant criticism of the government, are narrated by family and friends, such as Óscar Chávez, Gabino Palomares and Mercedes Sosa, who speak of the consolidation of the artist as a fundamental figure of Mexican popular song and feminist militancy.

Amparo Ochoa: My Barz Broke out

2021

1980s · 3 titles

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