About the Film Sonic Forest showcases the inspiring journey of Simón Mejía, founder of Latin music sensation Bomba Estéreo, deep into the jungles of the Colombian Pacific to discover the richness of Earth’s most megadiverse places through its local music and its people: indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities who work every day to preserve their territories. During his journey, Simón, along with a Colombian crew and co-directors Josh Thome and Simón Hernández, visited two of eight leading rainforest protection projects hosted by Stand For Trees in Colombia’s Pacific Forest Communities network. By keeping these forests safe, the Pacific Communities are preventing 70 million tonnes of carbon emissions and improving the lives of 60,000 people.
Portraits: Julian Mayorga SONAR 2017 from simon hernandez on Vimeo. Retrato sonoro de uno de los músicos contemporáneos Colombianos mas relevantes del momento. Seguimos todo el proceso en la presentacion del sonar 2017
Jairo's Revenge from simon hernandez on Vimeo. SINOPSIS Esta es una película dentro de una película, cine dentro del cine. Muestra un amor por el cine que está por encima de la imposibilidad de filmarlo. Esta película narra el proceso de filmación de la última película del maestro del terror colombiano, Jairo Pinilla. SINOPSIS ENG. This is a film inside a film, cinema within cinema. It shows that, sometimes, passion for cinema is stronger than the impossibility to shoot it. This film is about the filming process of the master of Colombian terror Jairo Pinilla’s last film.
Teaser ULTRAGENO (2min) from simon hernandez on Vimeo. Esta es la historia de una de las bandas más importantes de la historia del rock en Bogotá, ULTRAGENO. Una banda que expresó a través de su música, un sonido crudo y agresivo la desazón de una generación en una Bogotá de fin de milenio. Una banda que implotó por dentro en el momento mas importante de su carrera. Esta es la historia de ese efímero momento de lo que pudo haber sido una de las bandas más grandes de rock en Colombia y no lo fue. ENG sinopsis This is the story of one of the most important bands in the history of rock in Bogotá, ULTRAGENO. A band that expressed through its music, a raw and aggressive sound, the uneasiness of a generation in a Bogotá at the end of millennium. A band that imploded at the most important moment of its career. This is the story of that ephemeral moment of what could have been one of the biggest rock bands in Colombia and it wasn’t.
AYO documental – Bomba Estereo 2018 from simon hernandez on Vimeo. La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, en Minca, fue el lugar que recibió a Bomba para el comienzo de su nuevo disco AYO. Con Ayo, un disco producido entre la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta en Colombia y Los Ángeles, California, la banda entra en un proceso de conexión entre sus raíces y lo que inspiró su música en los inicios, y por otro lado una búsqueda de un sonido global y contundente.
Almost ten years ago, Simón Mejía built a studio in the region – a corner of northern Colombia where African slaves once escaped to and which has had a massive impact on the modern-day sound of Colombia. Now he’s back to explore the studio’s legacy and contemporary music scenes and to record the unique sounds in this community.
Baltasar Garzón, the famous Spanish investigating magistrate was convicted of abuse of power and expelled from the judiciary this year. Internationally he is most famous for having General Pinochet arrested in London in 1998 on charges of torture, a landmark case which furthered the cause of “Universal Justice,” for which Garzón is still a leading campaigner. His troubles in Spain started when he opened an investigation into crimes against humanity allegedly committed under Spain’s Franco regime, more than half a century ago. Far right groups brought a case against him for abuse of power and were successful. With access to Garzón himself and shot in Spain, Colombia, Argentina, and Britain, this film tells the story of the cases brought against him, and reviews the mould-breaking career of a brilliant, brave, and controversial figure.
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