Rigoberto López

Rigoberto López
film maker, Havana

Rigoberto López is an ICAIC film maker well known in Cuba. He and Gloria Rolando are the two main AfroCuban ICAIC film makers.

Films

Yo soy del son a la salsa

Made in 1997 with backing from NY's Ralph Mercado, who formulated the word salsa to commercialize Cuban son. A soundtrack CD exists, and possibly a video, though we have no access to the video.

Yo Soy Del Son A La Salsa [SOUNDTRACK]

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La soledad de la Jefa de Despacho (The Loneliness of the Woman Who Runs the Office).

Stars Daisy Granados, one of the definitive stars of Cuban cinema, has played many leading roles. A 1989 satirical short subject which skillfully made fun of the traps of productivist films and bureaucracy:

Links

"Yo soy del son a la salsa"
http://epasa1.epasa.com/El_Panama_America/archive/121197/nation2.html (Esp)
http://www.salsaweb.com/features/yosoyfilm.htm (Eng)

Contacting AfroCubaWeb

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