Rubén Blades Movies

The story of the coolest, street-smart hustler ever to walk the streets of Mexico City, based on the international hit song. The police are after...

Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980s Atlantic City performing the songs of the 1960s girl groups.

Explores the legacy of Fania Records and the Fania All‑Stars who pioneered salsa in the United States. The record label is credited with...

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...

When the film West Side Story was released in 1961, New York's reviled Puerto Rican community gained some visibility and, over time, both in Spanish...

Set over Halloween weekend 2020, this political thriller follows six friends as they head into "red" country to canvas white women to vote. They are...

Embarks on a journey that traces the life and work of Antonio Martorell, a prolific plastic and multi-disciplinary artist in Puerto Rico. This film...

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...

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from...

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

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

A rural Argentine music teacher and his students fight harmful agrochemical spraying by writing protest songs and staging a large...

Documents the life and musical production of Puerto Rican music composer, Tite Curet Alonso. Includes Tite Curet's last interview before his death.

A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta...

Young couple Carla and Martin are abducted by three men and spend a terrifying night in Caracas as they wait for Carla's father to hand over the...

Robert Mugge's 1986 film provides a full-blooded portrait of the Latino singer, actor, bandleader, and composer. Blades' Panama homeland, his Harvard...

Tanit, Valeria and Shaila are three women from very different parts of the world who face the same problem: climate change. They will lose everything...

A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who's awaiting execution on Death Row for eighth year now and whose behavior...

Filmed just months after the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama, the film offers a critical perspective on the events and documents the subsequent actions...

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