About

Cuba RebelioN! is not another film about Cuba and Salsa Music or Cuba and Cigars.

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.

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Credits

Year: 2008
Running time: 53 minutes
Language: Spanish, with English subtitles

Directed by: Alessio Cuomo & Sander de Nooij
Production Company: Coldsun Productions VOF
Co-Producer: Column Film
Edited by: Marvin Schoemaker

Sales agent:

NPO Sales
contact: Marit Braun
NPO Sales
Netherlands Public Broadcasting
PO BOX 26444
1202 JJ Hilversum
tel: + 31 35 677 2987
fax:+ 31 35 677 5318
www.nposales.com

Contact info

Column Film
contact: Natasja Möhrs
natasja@columnfilm.com