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BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America

BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America

★ 7.6/10•2020•50m•TV-MA•Documentary
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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.

Picky Talarico · Director

Nicolás Gueilburt · Writer

Nicolás Entel · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageES
First Air DateDec 16, 2020

Episodes

Episode 1 - The RebellionE145m

The Rebellion

Latin 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.

Dec 16, 2020

Episode 2 - The RepressionE252m

The Repression

When 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.

Dec 16, 2020

Episode 3 - Music in ColorE348m

Music in Color

After 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.

Dec 16, 2020

Episode 4 - Rock in Our Own LanguageE446m

Rock in Our Own Language

Argentina's Soda Stereo was the first all-hemispheric hitmakers, followed by Mexico's Caifanes and Los Prisioneros from Pinochet's Chile.

Dec 16, 2020

Episode 5 - One ContinentE555m

One Continent

Mexico's Café Tacvba fuses rock and folk traditions while Aterciopelados, rising with MTV Latin America, does the same with Colombian beats and sounds.

Dec 16, 2020

Episode 6 - A New EraE651m

A New Era

Anger about social injustice infuses Latin American rock after the Zapatista uprising, paving the way for reggaeton and rap and new female rockers.

Dec 16, 2020

Actors

Gustavo Santaolalla

Gustavo Santaolalla

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Rubén Albarrán

Rubén Albarrán

Self

Fito Páez

Fito Páez

Self

Andrea Echeverri

Andrea Echeverri

Self

Andrés Calamaro

Andrés Calamaro

Self

Charly García

Charly García

Self

Alex Lora

Alex Lora

Self

Billy Bond

Self

Ricardo Mollo

Ricardo Mollo

Self

Roberto Musso

Self

Pedro Aznar

Pedro Aznar

Self

Cachorro López

Cachorro López

Self

Mavi Díaz

Self

Pil Trafa

Self

Zeta Bosio

Zeta Bosio

Self

León Gieco

León Gieco

Self

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