Miguelito - Canto a Borinquen (2019)
Overview
In 1973, eleven year old Miguelito was discovered singing in the San Juan airport by the legendary New York record producer Harvey Averne. Within the year, he went from the slums of Manuel A Perez, to recording an album with some of the finest salsa musicians of the time to finally performing with Eddie Palmieri at Madison Square Garden in front of 20,000 people. Throughout Latin America his songs ‘Payaso’ and ‘Canto a Borinquen’ had become cult hits. And then he simply disappeared...
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.923 |
Directed By
Sam Zubrycki
Crew
Sam Zubrycki
Alex Biton
Rolando Olalia
Sam Zubrycki
Alexandra Nikolchev
Hanley Zheng
Sam Zubrycki
Sam Zubrycki
Rhett Lee García
TOP CAST
Miguel Ángel González Sánchez
Himself
Harvey Averne
Himself
Julio Castro
Himself
Nelson Feliciano
Himself
Fulasu
Himself
Aida González
Herself
Evelyn González
Herself
Leonor González
Herself
Papo Lucca
Himself
Japhet Rodriguez
Himself
Máximo Torres
Himself
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