LEYENDA VIVA
JUNE 20, 2023 @ 7:00PM
ABOUT
ORIGINAL TITLE: Leyenda Viva
DIRECTORS: Martin Nova
DATE COMPLETED: 2022
COUNTRY: Colombia
FILM CATEGORY: Documentary
LENGTH OF FILM: 113 min
PRODUCERS: Memu(a) Films
SYNOPSIS
A musical journey hand in hand with some of the great composers of the vallenato region. What is Vallenato? Where was it born? What is the vallenato triphony? What were the so-called juglares? What is the role of women in vallenato? Is it true that “Cien años de soledad” is a vallenato? What is the future of vallenato? Featuring Carlos Vives, Fonseca, Beto Murgas, Ivo Díaz, Deimer Marín, Julio Oñate, Chabuco, Andrés 'El Turco' Gil
DIRECTOR'S BIO
Martin Nova was born in Medellín in 1978. He studied Business Administration at the Universidad de los Andes, specialized in Strategic Marketing at CESA and completed an Executive MBA at the Kellogg School of Management. He is an entrepreneur and an expert in marketing and innovation issues. He was vice president of marketing for Grupo Éxito between 2008 and 2018, from where he was the executive producer of Colombia, wild magic. In 2022, he released Leyenda viva, which together with the book of the same name, intends to pay tribute to the makers and composers of Vallenato music.