Residente is continuing his foray into filmmaking and will assistance convey to the story of his native Puerto Rico.
The Calle 13 star is teaming up with Birdman screenwriter Alexander Dinelaris to create a new film titled Porto Rico about the existence of Puerto Rican revolutionary José Maldonado Román.
“It has been amazing to get the job done with Alex,” Residente told Deadline, who initial shared news of the new film. “It took me a although to come across a fantastic writer since I was wanting for somebody who not only is gifted but also connects with the subject make a difference.” He extra: “I found each in Alex, an astounding writer who is remarkably qualified at dialogues as was evident in Birdman.”
The film is established to stick to Román, regarded by his nickname Águila Blanca, in his struggle from colonialism on the Island in the late 1800s. The Calle 13 rapper and the filmmaker linked above their Puerto Rican identity, given that equally of their grandmothers were being born on the island. Final yr, Residente explained to Rolling Stone, “I’m anti-colonization and Puerto Rico is a colony of the U.S.”
“I assume we have an chance to notify a unique story and shed light on a corner of background that till now has been undiscovered by a huge component of the world,” Dinelaris advised Deadline. “It’s a tale about the magnificent courage and resilience of somebody unwilling to bend the knee at any rate. I assume which is a tale that now more than ever justifies to be instructed.”
Dinelaris stated that he was not acquainted with Residente’s operate, but when they met to speak about Porto Rico, he was “immediately hooked.”
“I’ve usually felt a relationship to Puerto Rico, it is where by I typically go to get away — and the place I wrote Birdman and Nonetheless Lifetime,” Dinelaris claimed. “I relish the chance to take a look at its heritage, my historical past.”
Both of those Residente and Dinelaris have started out to publish the film and are “taking our time shaping the story and focusing on currently being not only clever or exciting but producing dialogue that generates an emotional relationship, related to how I generate new music,” said Residente.
Dinelaris has some roots in tunes after crafting the guide for Broadway musical On Your Ft about the existence of Gloria Estefán. He also attained an Academy Award nomination for Finest Original Screenplay for his get the job done on Birdman. He also co-manufactured The Revenant.
As for Residente, he led course on a documentary about his everyday living in 2017 and worked on a 2018 documentary film about Panamanian legend Rubén Blades titled Rubén Blades Is Not My Name.
