Rubén Blades Movies

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...

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

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

Short film directed by Marina Levikova and Yuri Neyman.

A boy who loses his parents in a plane crash, is taken in by his uncle, who then leaves him for ten years in the care of his Hispanic ranch hand and...

The film includes highlights of the Banco Popular's music specials, whose production started in 1993.

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

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...

Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls...

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

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...

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,...

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

Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair is the third feature-length documentary produced by the Empowerment Project. The shadow government of...

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 small-town, high-school principal still living at home with her mother shakes up her life in a way that even she never expected when she agrees to...

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...

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