Rubén Blades Movies

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

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

The salsa singer Rubén Blades attends the Super-8 Film Festival in Caracas and Margarita Island, Venezuela.

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...

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,...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Emotionally battered by the paternal relationship with her husband, Eva is a young immigrant photographer, a misfit who strives to find the perfect...

In the most tragic moment of the pandemic, confined to a terrace in the centre of Barcelona and almost by chance, the musical phenomenon of the Stay...

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

Musical documentary film about the similarities between two types of music genres known as Salsa and Reggaeton. The clave is the five-note two-bar...

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...

This is the touching story of Joseph, who is sold into slavery by his brothers yet later forgives their betrayal by saving them from famine. The...

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