Rubén Blades Movies

Presents a bit of the history of the migration of our people, people who came out opening new horizons and looking for new destinations. During that...

Short film directed by Marina Levikova and Yuri Neyman.

Singer-turned-boxer Andy 'Kid' Clave signs a contract with a shady promoter Joaquin Vargas. But Clave turns against Vargas when the promoter's thugs...

Homage to Puerto Rican composer Catalino Curet Alonso, or as his friends and fans call him, "Tite", representing how widely influential the composer...

The illusion and joy of Christmas arrives from the four cardinal points of Latin America. The film recreates a typical Christmas party with Puerto...

A San Francisco spoken word artist returns to New Mexico to be with his dying father, only to find he loses his "voice" as he is sucked back in to...

A made for TV documentary about the creation of Paul Simon and Derek Walcott's controversial and ultimately flop of a musical, "The Capeman"....

'Salsa' captures a unique moment in time for this most exuberant and socially dynamic music.

A story about a small, dying town in need of hope until one day a young boy gives them something to believe in.

The life of Puerto Rican revolutionary José Maldonado Román, known as Águila Blanca, on the island in the late 19th century....

La Salsa Vive is a vibrant cinematic exploration of Afro-Cuban music's history, tracing its roots from New York's lively streets to Cali, Colombia,...

The music of the Puerto Rican composer Pedro Flores which was televised on Dec. 8, 1996.

More than a genre, salsa was a cultural movement that arose in a time of need for strengthening the Latino culture and spread across the world with...

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

An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower.

The stories of a Panamanian officer who feels betrayed by his superiors, of a young man from the neighborhood trying to prevent his friends from...

In the city of gold as they call it, Palenque, Jean, Rose and Machete find themselves immersed in a marginal world trying to survive with the...

An upper middle class white young girl leaves her suburban family in shock when she moves in with her lover, an Afro-Latino trumpeter.

Salsa singer screws over everybody on his way to the top; when his latest record flops, his career starts doing downhill.

Celebrated actor, political activist, songwriter, and multiple Grammy Award winning performer Rubén Blades returned to the stage with the live...