Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
Film poster
Directed byAbner Benaim
Written byAbner Benaim
StarringRubén Blades
Music byRubén Blades
Release dates
  • 10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) (SXSW)
  • 30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) (Panama)
  • 12 September 2018 (2018-09-12) (Colombia)
CountryPanama
LanguageSpanish
Box office$46,953 (COP 13,657,870)[1]

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (Spanish: Yo No Me Llamo Rubén Blades) is a 2018 Panamanian documentary film directed by Abner Benaim. The documentary follows the life of Rubén Blades, a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, and his contributions to the New York "Salsa revolution", a Latin American music movement which has been estimated to have lasted between 1968 and 1985. It was selected as the Panamanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2][3][4]

Featuring

In addition to Rubén Blades, a number of the key figures of the Latin music scene are featured or interviewed in the documentary, a few of those names being Gilberto Santa Rosa, Paul Simon, Junot Diaz, and Sting. -Among others.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ruben Blades Is Not My Name". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ^ Mango, Agustin (12 September 2018). "Oscars: Panama Selects 'Ruben Blades Is Not My Name' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Panamanian filmmakers try to get a foothold in Hollywood while building a film industry at home". Los Angeles Times. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b Fuente, Anna Marie de la (22 August 2018). "'Ruben Blades Is Not My Name' Unspools Across Latin America". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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