BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America: Limited Series
Netflix Australia
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- Biographical Documentaries, Social & Cultural Docs, Historical Documentaries, Political Documentaries, Docuseries, Political TV Shows, Music & Musicals, US TV Shows, Music & Concert Documentaries
- Director(s): Picky Talarico
Synopsis
Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and others figure in this 50-year history of Latin American rock through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.
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Season 1 of BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America has 6 episodes. Because different Netflix countries have different availability for episodes, you'll need to check the episode listing below to see which are available in Australia.
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Latin America's rock movement was sparked by Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" and the Beatles but found its own voice in youth and resistance to dictatorship.
- December 16, 2020
When the band Peace and Love began chanting, "We got the power!" at the first rock festival in Mexico in 1971, the government responded by banning rock.
- December 16, 2020
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.
- December 16, 2020
Argentina's Soda Stereo were the first all-hemispheric hitmakers, followed by Mexico's Caifanes and Los Prisioneros from Pinochet's Chile.
- December 16, 2020
Mexico's Café Tacvba fuses rock and folk traditions while Aterciopelados, rising with MTV Latin America, does the same with Colombian beats and sounds.
- December 16, 2020
Anger about social injustice infuses Latin American rock after the Zapatista uprising, paving the way for reggaeton and rap and new female rockers.
- December 16, 2020
