Silvio Rodríguez

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Silvio Rodríguez

Born 1946-11-22 · San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba

Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement. He is widely considered Cuba's best folk singer and arguably one of Latin America's greatest singer-songwriters.

Acting credits

Viola Chilensis poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Viola Chilensis

2003

Canción de barrio poster
10.0

Documentary collecting some experiences of the first two years of the "Gira interminable" tour were Silvio Rodriguez performs for the marginal neighborhoods of Havana and other provinces.

Canción de barrio

2014

Baroque poster
5.6

A series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexico's history, without any narrative sequence. The film spins constantly round the question 'Where are the singers from?'

Baroque

1989

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NR

Animated short film from Elpidio Valdés' series. Coronel Elpidio Valdés is in New York to get help from cuban inmigrants for the war. But Coronel Andaluz is spying him and tells NY police about his presence. Then, the police will try to catch Elpidio Valdés and the cuban ship in the docks.

Elpidio Valdés against NY Police

1976

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NR

Animated short film from Elpidio Valdés' series. Coronel Elpidio Valdés teaches Eutelia and Corneta the meaning that machetes have in Cuba's fight against colonialism.

Elpidio Valdés and the machete

1975

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NR

Silvio Rodríguez learned to play guitar secretly during his military service. After 45 years of career, he's still in full musical activity and maintains his commitment to culture through their studio, Ojalá, and initiatives such as "La gira por los barrios", in which Silvio, barely advertised, performs in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods of Havana.

Silvio Rodríguez, ojalá

2012

Aute retrato poster
7.5

A journey through the different creative facets of Luis Eduardo Aute: singer and songwriter, painter, poet, filmmaker. Collaborators and friends tell the life of this total artist and reveal the impact his work has had in the past, has in the present and will have in the future.

Aute retrato

2019

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3.0

An account of the relationship of brotherhood between Cuba and Mexico led by an unprecedented interview with Eliseo Alberto Diego, Lichi that weaves together history, music, cinema, literature, and the character of both nations. Its also presents testimonies of diplomats, intellectuals, artists, athletes, educators and townspeople, who speak of this cultural fraternity.

Between Cuba and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso

2016

Quiero volverme tiempo: Victor Heredia y Latinoamérica poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Quiero volverme tiempo: Victor Heredia y Latinoamérica

2023

Canto Libre - den fria sången poster
NR

A concert program about the current development of the free Latin American music presented by a wide range of artists, performers and groups from around the countries of the continent.

Canto Libre - den fria sången

1980

Luces y duendes poster
NR

This documentary is about the children's theater company "La Colmenita" from Cuba, which was founded in the darkest years of that country's special period. The documentary is supported by the testimonies of its founders, as well as artists of the stature of Silvio Rodríguez, Omara Portuondo, Kcho. They are an example of how childhood can be saved with love.

Luces y duendes

2017

Lezama Lima: Soltar la lengua poster
NR

As the author of one of the most influential novels in Latin American literature, Paradiso (1966), the Cuban José Lezama Lima is considered a major figure in his country. In this documentary, the director and writer Ernesto Fundora, carries out a study on the author's life through the testimonies of a long list of writers, artists and personalities close to him. The result is a film that explores his work, but also pays a heartfelt tribute to his immeasurable figure.

Lezama Lima: Soltar la lengua

2020