Puerto Rican rapper and songwriter René Perez Jogs, Resident announced this Wednesday that he’s writing his first movie:’Puerto Rico” with screenwriter Alexander Dinelaris, Sony Music Entertainment won an Oscar for the screenplay ‘Birdman’ through 1868 Studios.
“Puerto Rico” will be a movie set on a Caribbean island in the late 19th century. The life of Puerto Rican revolutionary José Maldonado Román, He’s better known as “Águila Blanca,” who fought the Cuban Liberation Army and created a narrative in Puerto Rico, according to Resident’s description.
During the plot, The rebel leader leads a gang of 17 ex-prisoners to justify the constant struggle of one of the colonies The world’s oldest seeking identity as a country.
Maldonado Román was also a senior member of the Intentona de Yauco, an uprising in 1897 organized by residents of the southwest and some Puerto Ricans exiled in New York who planned the capture of Yauco. richest municipality Porto Rico because of the coffee industry on the mountain at that time.
FHe was exiled to his country as a result of his participation in the failed rebellion in Yauco. and was a member of the New York-based Cuban-Puerto Rican Revolutionary Party.
Dinelaris and Residente got to work June 2022 in this project. In addition to winning an Oscar for “Birdman,” Dinelaris is the co-producer of “The Revenant,” winner of three Hollywood Academy Awards, and author of the Broadway musical “On Your Feet.” West End production of “The Bodyguard”.
“Puerto Rico” will be the debut of 1868 Studios, an initiative between Residente and Sony Music Entertainment’s Premium Content Division. creating, producing and globally distributing original content projects in multiple formats.
Film work for Residente is not strange, as he has already directed some music videos, including “Ojos color sol”, “Hoy”, “René”, “Bellacoso”, “Soy abnormal” and “Pecador”.
Likewise, the singer worked on her documentary “Residente” and directed the music video for her song “René”.
Source: Informacion
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