Rubén Blades Movies

Fausta, a domestic worker who lives in a slum with her husband João, a drunk and abuser. At work, she has to endure the demands of her boss,...

A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who's awaiting execution on Death Row for eighth year now and whose behavior...

Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980s Atlantic City performing the songs of the 1960s girl groups.

A San Francisco spoken word artist returns to New Mexico to be with his dying father, only to find he loses his "voice" as he is sucked back in to...

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

Anthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating the poor people from the surroundings, who has his...

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

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...

On the run from the law, desperate drug runner Astor and his beautiful prisoner struggle through the savage heat...

The story of one of Latin America's most beloved singer-songwriters in a journey across his 50-year career. In an intimate way, the film gives us a...

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

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

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

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...

Salsa singer screws over everybody on his way to the top; when his latest record flops, his career starts doing downhill.

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

Documentary Chronicling the making of Artists United Against Apartheid “Sun City”

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

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