After a year of hard work we finally released the documentary Cuba RebelioN. It is a documentary about Cuban underground musicians who rebel against the Castro-regime.
We illegally filmed this in Havana and smuggled the footage out of Cuba. Producer Gijs van de Westelaken and editor Marvin Schoemaker helped us to realize our dream to make this portrait of these courageous Cuban artists.
Saturday 2 February 2008
Friday 1 February 2008
¡Cuba RebelioN!
Not just nother film about Cuba, Cuban sigars or Salsa Music.
Director: Alessio Cuoma and Sander de Nooij
Producer: ColdSun Productions & Column Film
Cuba RebelioN! is a documentary about Cuban underground punk-rock and metal musicians who rebel against the Castro-regime. It shows the daily struggle of artists who dare to make a statement with their songs. And it features great music - the kind you won’t expect.
One of these musicians is Gorki Luis Águila Carrasco, from the punk-rock band Porno Para Ricardo. With anti-communist songs like ‘El Commandante’ and ‘El Cake’ the band became very popular in Cuba. In 2003, when Gorki had just produced an award-winning video and was announced as the third most popular rockstar in Cuba, he was suddenly arrested on charges of drug trafficking. Human Rights organisations say that his arrest is just a way to silence him for political reasons. After two years Gorki was released, but he is still blacklisted.
The documentary follows Porno Para Ricardo, the metalband Escape and the rap/rock band QVA Libre, featuring concert footage and interviews with these musicians. It shows the painful reality of artists who can’t express themselves publicly.
Cuba RebelioN! is directed by Dutch filmmakers and musicians Alessio Cuomo and Sander de Nooij. They went to Cuba with their camera and their guitars and illegally filmed the rise of a new generation of young artists who are fed up with the communist regime and want to make a change with their music, even at the risk of imprisonment.
source: www.nposales.com - www.columnfilm.com
Director: Alessio Cuoma and Sander de Nooij
Producer: ColdSun Productions & Column Film
Cuba RebelioN! is a documentary about Cuban underground punk-rock and metal musicians who rebel against the Castro-regime. It shows the daily struggle of artists who dare to make a statement with their songs. And it features great music - the kind you won’t expect.
One of these musicians is Gorki Luis Águila Carrasco, from the punk-rock band Porno Para Ricardo. With anti-communist songs like ‘El Commandante’ and ‘El Cake’ the band became very popular in Cuba. In 2003, when Gorki had just produced an award-winning video and was announced as the third most popular rockstar in Cuba, he was suddenly arrested on charges of drug trafficking. Human Rights organisations say that his arrest is just a way to silence him for political reasons. After two years Gorki was released, but he is still blacklisted.
The documentary follows Porno Para Ricardo, the metalband Escape and the rap/rock band QVA Libre, featuring concert footage and interviews with these musicians. It shows the painful reality of artists who can’t express themselves publicly.Cuba RebelioN! is directed by Dutch filmmakers and musicians Alessio Cuomo and Sander de Nooij. They went to Cuba with their camera and their guitars and illegally filmed the rise of a new generation of young artists who are fed up with the communist regime and want to make a change with their music, even at the risk of imprisonment.
source: www.nposales.com - www.columnfilm.com
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