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Limited Series – Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America

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Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and other rock bands are featured in this chronicle of 50 years of rock and roll in Latin America, through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.
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Erick Estrada Cinegarage 10/19/2022
A wild attempt to start documenting Latin American rock. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Johnny Loftus Decider 12/22/2020
A riot of inspired sounds, proud players, and incredible era-specific footage that sheds new light on a well-traveled musical era. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Marco C @Marcovarrub Aug 23 If you want the social and political history of Latin America told by musicians, you will be satisfied, if you wanted to know more about the music? Well is Netflix you know what you can expect. See more Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Dec 16, 2020 The Rebellion Latin America's rock movement is sparked by Ritchie Valen's "La Bamba" and the Beatles but finds its own voice in youth and resistance to dictatorship. Details Episode 2 Aired Dec 16, 2020 The Repression Peace and Love band members begin chanting "We got the power!" at Mexico's first rock festival in 1971, prompting the government to ban rock and roll music. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 16, 2020 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. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 16, 2020 Rock in Our Own Language Argentina's Soda Stereo is the first all-hemispheric hit-making rock band, followed by Mexico's Caifanes and Los Prisioneros from Pinochet's Chile. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 16, 2020 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. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 16, 2020 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. Details

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Season Info

Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date
Dec 16, 2020
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