1 | 16/02/2021 – 21:07 (GMT-4)
The new theme of urban music that is already reaching the ears of Cubans, Homeland and life, released his video on Tuesday.
It is a collaboration of Maykel Osorbo, El Funky, Yotuel, Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno and other Cuban musicians dedicated to demanding the end of the Cuban regime and the freedom of Cuba.
The video is an extraordinary event and it was possible due to the union of this star team, which are presented in the video singing from Miami and Havana.
Directed by Asiel Babastro, one of Cuba’s favorite urban music directors, he had a special appearance by artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, whose work with the San Isidro Movement generated the empathy that this play rejects.
“It’s over, it’s over, they’ve been blocking dominoes for 60 years,” he said, referring to the Cuban government, which has held power for more than 60 years under an authoritarian one-party regime.
The video alternates images of leading musicians with excerpts from recent videos exemplifying repression in Cuba, such as demonstration of the young Cuban Luis Robles on San Rafae BoulevardIn December last year, the attack on the San Isidro Movement and the demonstration of artists that took place on November 27 in front of the Ministry of Culture.
In a video call made by the artists before the video was released, Osorbo and Otero Alcántara noticed that almost everyone who appeared in the clip was black, related to their humble origins and the neighborhoods that had seen them grow.
The song proposes a new slogan to replace the old and dogmatic official “homeland or death” used by the government: “Let’s no longer shout homeland or death, but Homeland and life”, sings Alexandru from Gente de Zona in an emotional way.
The images in the video show a burning tribune, which may be an allegory of the end of Cuban official ideology and a possible reference to the work. A platform for democratic peace, by the Cuban painter Antonia Eiriz, and which was censored by the Fidel Castro government in 1967.
Martí’s image along with that of George Washington lead and end the video, a clear reference to the democratic ideals of both the historical figures and a visual resource that brings the United States diaspora closer to the island’s Cubans.
In just a few hours on Tuesday, the video has already surpassed 25,700 views and has all the ballots to become an anthem sung by many Cubans, who have demanded political and economic freedom from the Cuban government and the end of the dictatorship.
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