BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and others figure in this 50-year history of Latin American rock through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.
Cast: Gustavo Santaolalla, Rubén Albarrán, Fito Páez
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Miniseries
6 episodes
1. The RebellionLatin America's rock movement was sparked by Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" and the Beatles but found its own voice in youth and resistance to dictatorship.TV-MACC45minDec 16, 2020
2. The RepressionWhen the band Peace and Love began chanting, "We got the power!" at the first rock festival in Mexico in 1971, the government responded by banning rock.TV-MACC52minDec 16, 2020
3. Music in ColorAfter the fall of the Argentine dictatorship in 1983 and the Mexico City earthquake in 1985, rock explodes with ingenuity. And it's all in Spanish.TV-MACC48minDec 16, 2020
4. Rock in Our Own LanguageArgentina's Soda Stereo was the first all-hemispheric hitmakers, followed by Mexico's Caifanes and Los Prisioneros from Pinochet's Chile.TV-MACC46minDec 16, 2020
5. One ContinentMexico's Café Tacvba fuses rock and folk traditions while Aterciopelados, rising with MTV Latin America, does the same with Colombian beats and sounds.TV-MACC55minDec 16, 2020
6. A New EraAnger about social injustice infuses Latin American rock after the Zapatista uprising, paving the way for reggaeton and rap and new female rockers.TV-MACC51minDec 16, 2020
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BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
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Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and others figure in this 50-year history of Latin American rock through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Picky Talarico
- Created by
- Nicolás Entel
- Cast
- Gustavo Santaolalla, Rubén Albarrán, Fito Páez, Andrea Echeverri, Andrés Calamaro, Charly García
- Studio
- Red Creek Productions
Maturity rating
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Audio languages
English, Spanish
