Manu Chao
Birthday: 1961-06-21 Place of Birth: Paris, France
Synopsis
Singer in Mano Negra and solo artist.
Acting
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
The political upheaval in North Africa is responsibility of the Western powers —especially of the United States and France— due to the exercise of a foreign policy based on practical and economic interests instead of ethical and theoretical principles, essential for their international politic strategies, which have generated a great instability that causes chaos and violence, as occurs in Western Sahara, the last African colony according to the UN, a region on the brink of war.
Marcelo Yuka: Follow the Signs
A documentary on the life of renowned Brazilian musician Marcelo Yuka, who was shot nine times in the streets of Rio de Janeiro in 2000 and became one of the main voices of social justice and peace in Brazil.
Maradona by Kusturica
A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.
Babylonia en Guagua
Live concert of Manu Chao and his band Radio Bemba Sound System performed in Grand Halle La Villette (Paris) on September 2001.