Salsa Opus 4: Venezuela, a visa for the barrios

A documentary directed by Yves Billon.

Synopsis

Venezuela has an extremely rich musi­cal past — the rhythms of Soca, Merengue, Calypso, and Steel Bands come together to cre­ate a vibrantly orig­i­nal Salsa. But each province has made its con­tri­bu­tion — from Barlovento come the drum rhythms of the African com­mu­nity; from Mara­caïbo come the fol­low­ers of Gaïta Zuliana; and from El Callao and the Atlantic coast comes Calypso. Each of these musi­cal influ­ences, whether Afro-Antillais or Latin, have in the Caribbean tra­di­tion become inte­gral parts of the c arni­vals and dance of Venezuela. Fea­tur­ing per­for­mances by: Oscar D’Leon, Dimen­sion Latina, The Willian Pucci Orches­tra, and Complot.

A unique serie of 5 episodes devoted to the world of salsa and its ori­gins. A musi­cal trip on the Amer­i­can con­ti­nent from New York to Cuba, cross­ing Colom­bia, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

SALSA OPUS 1 : New York, our Latin thing ep.1/5

SALSA OPUS 2 : Colom­bia, a trop­i­cal coun­try ep.2/5

SALSA OPUS 3 : Puerto Rico, the island of song ep.3/5

SALSA OPUS 4 : Venezuela, a visa for the bar­rios ep.4/5

SALSA OPUS 5 : Cuba, rum, rhythm and spice ep.5/5

SALSA OPUS : the 5 episodes serie