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Entre Cuba y México, todo es bonito y sabroso (2016)
Character: N/A
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.
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Lezama Lima: Soltar la lengua (2020)
Character: N/A
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.
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Festival de la Trova Iberoamericana (1982)
Character: Self
A record of the Ibero-American Troubadour Festival, held in November 1982 at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Joan Manuel Serrat, Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés and Antonio Cabán Vale perform songs from the Ibero-American nueva canción movement.
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Silvio Rodríguez, ojalá (2012)
Character: Self
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.
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Luces y duendes (2017)
Character: Himself
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.
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Canción de barrio (2014)
Character: Silvio Rodríguez
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.
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Elpidio Valdés contra la policía de Nueva York (1976)
Character: Singer (voice)
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.
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Elpidio Valdés y el machete (1975)
Character: Singer (voice)
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.
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Barroco (1989)
Character: Self
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?'
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Aute retrato (2019)
Character: Himself
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.
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Canto Libre - den fria sången (1980)
Character: Self
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.
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