Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (2018)

Original title

Yo no me llamo Rubén Blades

Directed by

Abner Benaim

Genre

documentary film

Country

Panama

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary traces the life and career of Ruben Blades, a Panamanian musician and activist. It covers his role in the salsa music movement and his work as a politician. The film shows how he balanced multiple careers and influences.

celebratoryreflectiveenergeticculturalbiographicalpersonalnostalgic

What happens

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (Spanish: Yo No Me Llamo Rubén Blades) is a 2018 Panamanian documentary film directed by Abner Benaim. The documentary follows the life of Rubén Blades, a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, and his contributions to the New York "Salsa revolution", a Latin American music movement which has been estimated to have lasted between 1968 and 1985. It was selected as the Panamanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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