Review: Netflix’s ‘Break It All’ breaks open the world of Latin American rock
From Los Teen Tops to Maná, the six-part documentary series chronicles and the struggles and successes of rock music born below our southern border.
Cary Darling December 17, 2020Updated: December 17, 2020, 3:16 pm
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“Music … is nourished by context,” says Argentinian music producer Gustavo Santaolalla at one point in “Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America,” a fascinating, six-episode series chronicling the rise of rock ’n’ roll on the other side of our southern border. “And the one thing we do have in Latin America is a rich context due to our sociopolitical, economic and cultural situation.”