{"id":42752,"date":"2015-09-23T11:34:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T15:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/hbo-latino-to-air-award-winning-music-film-the-poet-of-havana-based-on-renowned-cuban-singer-songwriter-carlos-varela-on-october-23-2015\/"},"modified":"2015-09-23T12:34:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T16:34:04","slug":"hbo-latino-estrenara-la-pelicula-the-poet-of-havana-basada-en-el-renombrado-cantautor-cubano-carlos-varela-el-23-de-octubre-de-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/hbo-latino-estrenara-la-pelicula-the-poet-of-havana-basada-en-el-renombrado-cantautor-cubano-carlos-varela-el-23-de-octubre-de-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Latino\u00ae To Air Award Winning Music Film &#8220;The Poet of Havana&#8221; Based On Renowned Cuban Singer-Songwriter Carlos Varela On October 23, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 23, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<i>The Poet of <span class=\"xn-location\">Havana<\/span><\/i> pulls back the curtain on internationally renowned Cuban singer, songwriter, and lyricist <span class=\"xn-person\">Carlos Varela<\/span> as he celebrates his 30th anniversary as an artist. Filmed in <span class=\"xn-location\">Havana<\/span>, this moving documentary reveals how Varela was influenced by his country, politics and people, and how he has influenced them in return through his music. <\/p>\n<p>Experience the interactive Multimedia News Release here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.multivu.com\/players\/English\/7622851-hbo-latino-poet-of-havana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.multivu.com\/players\/English\/7622851-hbo-latino-poet-of-havana\/<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featuring exclusive access and backstage moments during a variety of concerts, the film includes interviews with <span class=\"xn-person\">Jackson Browne<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Benicio del Toro<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ivan Lins<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Luis Enrique<\/span>, and more as they discuss one of the most beloved artists of our time \u2013 some even joining him on stage. Also featured throughout the special are many of his emotionally-charged performances and songs. <\/p>\n<p>Having endured many censorship battles with the Cuban government, Varela&#8217;s music is personal, poignant, and poetic; he has even been called &#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba&#8217;s<\/span> Bob Dylan&#8221; and a voice of his generation. That voice has loudly struggled for the individual freedoms of his homeland and has gone through great effort to build bridges between <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span>, the US, disenfranchised Cubans and the people of the world. Discover the musical, cultural, political and social significance that is <span class=\"xn-person\">Carlos Varela<\/span> in <i>The Poet of <span class=\"xn-location\">Havana<\/span><\/i> airing on <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 23, 2015<\/span> at <span class=\"xn-chron\">8PM ET<\/span>\/<span class=\"xn-chron\">7PM CT<\/span> on HBO Latino. You can also catch the special on HBO on Demand, HBO GO and HBO Now. <\/p>\n<p>The concert special is directed and produced by <span class=\"xn-person\">Ron Chapman<\/span>. Producer, director and entrepreneur, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ron Chapman<\/span> began his\u00a0career as a musician, and went on to manage musical artists and produce albums. His legendary <span class=\"xn-location\">Toronto<\/span> music club &#8220;The Edge&#8221; provided a scene for some of the most exciting international artists of the day, and he promoted concerts in the city&#8217;s premier venues.\u00a0 \u00a0He established a film production company, produced and directed rock videos, and for decades has produced and directed\u00a0television commercials for some of the world&#8217;s leading brands. Chapman founded the successful Canadian advertising agency Brandworks International.<\/p>\n<p>HBO Latino is a dedicated Spanish-language premium channel that delivers compelling and relevant programming to the U.S. Latino market<b>.\u00a0 <\/b>Exclusive to the channel are the regular U.S. premieres of Spanish-language series, films, and documentaries acquired from <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span>, as well as original short-form programming.\u00a0 Additionally, HBO Latino offers the best <span class=\"xn-location\">Hollywood<\/span> movies and HBO original programming from the network&#8217;s main channel in Spanish. HBO Latino is included free with an HBO subscription. HBO Latino content can also be accessed on HBO On Demand<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, HBO\u00a0GO<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>and HBO\u00a0NOW<sup>SM<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in tune with HBO Latino&#8217;s latest news and updates, view compelling video content and get sneak peeks with behind-the-scenes footage from HBO Latino on Facebook (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hbolatino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.facebook.com\/hbolatino<\/a>), YouTube (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hbolatino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.youtube.com\/hbolatino<\/a>), Twitter (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/hbolatino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.twitter.com\/hbolatino<\/a>) and Instagram (<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/hbolatino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/instagram.com\/hbolatino<\/a>) \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Press Contact:<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Mellony Torres<\/span><br \/>HBO | Multicultural Publicity Manager<br \/>212-512-7552 | <a href=\"mailto:mellony.torres@hbo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">mellony.torres@hbo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Janice Torres<\/span><br \/>The Brand Phoenix| Publicity and Talent Manager<br \/>212-363-0140 | <a href=\"mailto:janice@thebrandphoenix.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">janice@thebrandphoenix.com<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 23, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<i>The Poet of <span class=\"xn-location\">Havana<\/span><\/i> pulls back the curtain on internationally renowned Cuban singer, songwriter, and lyricist <span class=\"xn-person\">Carlos Varela<\/span> as he celebrates his 30th anniversary as an artist. Filmed in <span class=\"xn-location\">Havana<\/span>, this moving documentary reveals how Varela was influenced by his country, politics and people, and how he has influenced them in return through his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entretenimiento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}