Blondie: vivir en la habana follows debbie harry and the new wave band on a journey to cuba.
A brand new, feature-duration blondie documentary is about to make its debut at this year’s Sheffield document fest. Titled blondie. Vivir en l. A. Habana, the movie follows debbie harry and the relaxation of the mythical band on a journey to cuba, exploring the trade and politics among nyc and havana, and the affect of cuban musicians.
Blondie were invited to havana, cuba, in 2019, in which they executed and collaborated with neighborhood musicians as a part of a cultural alternate programme. The trip seemingly fulfilled a many years-lengthy dream of the band, particularly founding member and guitarist chris stein, who had desired to go to for forty years.
Described as a “dream-like” portrait of the brand new wave group’s first experience in havana, the documentary includes narration from harry, stein, and drummer clem burke. Shot on 16mm and 8mm movie, it also showcases performances with cuban musicians, taking pictures the “magical trade between musicians from the 2 towns each call home and their intertwined impact”.
Blondie: vivir en los angeles habana changed into at first envisioned as a short movie by director rob roth, however has when you consider that been was a characteristic. An established collaborator of harry, roth has formerly worked on the punk icon’s 2019 memoir face it, and talked dazed through some of his favored photographs that he selected to be featured in the e book.
Sheffield document fest is likewise set to characteristic charli xcx’s quarantine documentary, titled alone together, that chronicles the recording of her album how i’m feeling now throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Blondie: vivir en los angeles habana will ultimate at sheffield doc fest between june four and june thirteen, and also will be screened at new tork’s tribeca pageant, which runs june 9 to june 20. View the trailer via the United Kingdom pageant’s assertion beneath, and revisit dazed’s 2020 interview with debbie harry right here.