Silvio Rodríguez

Nascimento : 1946-11-22, San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba

História

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.

Filmes

Professoras Voluntárias
Original Music Composer
Ana Deborah Mola e Belkis Lescaille estavam entre os primeiros jovens professores que iniciaram programas-piloto na ilha de Cuba em 1960, lançando as bases para a massiva Campanha Nacional de Alfabetização que aconteceria no ano seguinte.
Lezama Lima: Soltar la lengua
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.
Aute retrato
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.
Luces y duendes
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.
Luces y duendes
Compositor
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.
Between Cube and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso
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.
Canción de barrio
Music
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
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.
Silvio Rodríguez, ojalá
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.
Viola Chilensis
Self
Más se perdió en Cuba
Musical
Baroque
Himself
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?'
Darse cuenta
Music
The relationship between a doctor and a depressed young patient in a public hospital.
Canto Libre - den fria sången
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.
The Man from Maisinicu
Music
1964, in the Escambray mountains: the area is infested with counter- revolutionary bands which are trying to spread terror among the population and re-establish contact with the US, CIA. The murder of a man led to a reprisal to wipe out the bandits.