Netflix’s
Rompan Todo is a six-episode documentary limited series directed by Picky Talarico, best known for his work on music videos for Gustavo Cerati and Juanes. The documentary attempts to tell the history of rock Latine en español from the 1950s to the present day through testimonies from an enormous cast of musicians who literally wrote the history. It’s a wild and convoluted ride.
This story is well worth being told. Rock music in Latin America began by translating big hits from the U.S., it was then adopted as the sound of a revolution by various generations. In the series, we get to see how it rapidly evolved going from squeaky clean outfits in Mexico to tke on a louder, scarier tone in places like Peru. Among its subjects, it explores psychedelia in Argentina, the fiasco of the Avandaro festival in the early 70s in Mexico, how Chile’s Los Prisioneros inspired the country’s grassroots anti-dictatorship movement, and more.