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Miguelito - Canto a Borinquen

Name: Miguelito - Canto a Borinquen
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-03-07
Cast: Miguel Ángel González Sánchez, Harvey Averne, Julio Castro, Nelson Feliciano, Fulasu

2019 | 94 min | Documentary

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for the curious.
The mood: Eye-opening.
The pace: Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 34 min.
What might put you off: Nothing much for most grown-ups.

In 1973, eleven year old Miguelito was discovered singing in the San Juan airport by the legendary New York record producer Harvey Averne. Within the year, he went from the slums of Manuel A Perez, to recording an album with some of the finest salsa musicians of the time to finally performing with Eddie Palmieri at Madison Square Garden in front of 20,000 people. Throughout Latin America his songs ‘Payaso’ and ‘Canto a Borinquen’ had become cult hits. And then he simply disappeared...

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Cast & crew

Directed by Sam Zubrycki

Miguel Ángel González SánchezHimself
Harvey AverneHimself
Julio CastroHimself
Nelson FelicianoHimself
FulasuHimself
Aida GonzálezHerself
Evelyn GonzálezHerself
Leonor GonzálezHerself
Papo LuccaHimself
Japhet RodriguezHimself