Chucho Valdés

Esteban (2016)

El Benny (2006)

Based on the life of Benny Moré, the film concentrates on a period in the early 1950s when Moré leaves the orchestra of Duany and starts his own 'Banda Gigante'. In flashback we learn of his success in Mexico. Moré is caught in the events connected to B ...

Contigo en la distancia (1991)

An Island for Miguel (1968)

In this film, Sara Gómez documents the everyday life of the Isla de Pinos, the discussions about the problems of construction, the school and the leisure activities of the youth in 1968 and contextualizes these images with Frantz Fanon's thoughts about th ...

Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas (2016)

A joyful tale filled with music. The rise of radio. The jazz big bands. The legendary clubs and ballrooms. The soundtracks of the great musical films and TV shows. Sex and romance, gangsters, luxury cars and palm trees. From Barcelona to New York, with a s ...

Manteca, mondongo y bacalao con pan: una mirada al jazz cubano (2008)

The history of Latin jazz in Cuba from the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna to Irakere. ...

From Son to Salsa (1997)

A testimony about Afro-Cuban popular music from its origins to the present day. ...