Paco León, the actor behind the character Luisma in the popular Spanish series "Aída", attended the screening of the documentary "Patria y Vida", which took place on Monday afternoon at the Callao cinema on the central Gran Vía in Madrid, Spain.
The presence of León in the film directed by Beatriz Luengo and produced by Yotuel Romero, who is also one of the performers of the song that inspired the audiovisual, was highlighted by the YouTuber Dina Stars.
"Long live free Cuba! There are not enough prisons to lock up so much talent," wrote the director, so beloved and remembered by the Cuban public, in an Instagram story.
This premiere in Madrid was also attended by part of the Cuban community based in the Spanish capital, including independent activists and journalists such as Iliana Hernández, Avana de la Torre, Amelia Calzadilla, Magdiel Jorge Castro, Luz Escobar, as well as the former leader of Vox in the city, Rocío Monasterio.
Luengo announced that starting October 18, the film will be available in cinemas across Spain. In a graphic shared by Yotuel, the cities where the documentary will be shown can be seen: Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Málaga, Cádiz, Sevilla, Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Jaén, Toledo, Oviedo, and Pamplona.
The documentary Patria y Vida: The power of music premiered last year as part of the Miami Film Festival 2023.
The premiere was attended by personalities from Cuban music and world-renowned artists such as Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Camila Cabello, and Gloria Gaynor, the performer of the iconic song "I Will Survive."
That same year, the documentary won the Special Jury Award at the BendFilm festival, held in Oregon, United States.
The documentary, which lasts one hour and 20 minutes, features interviews with Yotuel and other performers of the song, such as Alexander Delgado, Randy Malcom, and El Funky.
The material recounts the growth of the song from the time it was written to when it won two Latin Grammys and pays special attention to the rapper Maykel Osorbo and the independent plastic artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, participants in the project who remain imprisoned.
The documentary also shows footage filmed in Cuba on July 11, 2021, during the massive protests against the regime in which thousands of people chanted the phrase "Homeland and Life!" to demand the end of the regime.
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