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  • 2014
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2014
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America covers the more than 50-year career of Argentina's most famous musical artist. Sosa sold millions of records, performed thousands of concerts all over the world, and left behind an indelible legacy. Here was an artist whose work and life went beyond the borders of music to become one of the most ...

Directed By: Rodrigo H. Vila

Written By: Rodrigo H. Vila

  • 2014
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2014
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 30 m

Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America

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Summary Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America covers the more than 50-year career of Argentina's most famous musical artist. Sosa sold millions of records, performed thousands of concerts all over the world, and left behind an indelible legacy. Here was an artist whose work and life went beyond the borders of music to become one of the most ...

Directed By: Rodrigo H. Vila

Written By: Rodrigo H. Vila

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20% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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70
Jan 22, 2014
Though it’s tempting to resent every moment not given over to her singing, the documentary succeeds in conveying not just the bare facts of her life, but something of her magic, both to longtime fans and to those less familiar with her work.
By Noah Berlatsky FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 28, 2014
The pic nicely straddles a line between Sosa’s private and public personas, never quite delving deep although Vila covers all the bases.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 24, 2014
Rodrigo H. Vila’s documentary about the famed Argentine singer and political activist suffers from its overly insular and hagiographic perspective, but in its best moments it well illustrates the reasons for her musical influence and social importance.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 23, 2014
Despite the glorious singing heard in archival footage from various periods of her career, the film is frustratingly sketchy.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 21, 2014
All his film can do to make its case for Sosa's significance is trot out subjects who compare her to Joan Baez, Ella Fitzgerald, and, most puzzlingly, "Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney in one," without elaboration.
By Chris Klimek FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Cinema 7 Films, IDFA Bertha Fund, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), TV Cultura
Release Date Jan 24, 2014
Duration 1 h 30 m
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Tagline The life of the most important Latin America folk singer, Mercedes Sosa
Website http://www.cinema7.com/
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Awards

Cine Ceará - Ibero-american Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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