Talk & Book Signing | Petra R. Rivera-Rideau and Vanessa Díaz with Bad Bunny Collaborators
About the Event What is it like to collaborate creatively with Bad Bunny, and how has his global superstardom influenced political activism around Puerto Rico? At this talk, the authors of new the book P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance explore his impact with the star’s collaborators, including music video director Kacho López Mari.
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About the Speakers Kacho López Mari is a Puerto Rican filmmaker and music video director, and cofounder of Filmes Zapatero. Over the past two decades, his work has helped shape the visual evolution of reggaetón and contemporary Latin pop, from early, genre-defining videos like Tego Calderón’s “Abayarde/Gracias” and Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina,” to landmark collaborations with Bad Bunny including “Callaíta,” the documentary-hybrid “El Apagón: Aquí Vive Gente,” and “Baile Inolvidable.” His work has been recognized across both awards and festivals. In 2014, López Mari made history as the first director to win both the Latin Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video and Best Long Form Music Video in the same year, for Calle 13’s “Ojos Color Sol” and Juanes’s “Loco de Amor (La Historia).” He is a seven-time Latin Grammy nominee and two-time winner. Festival accolades have followed throughout the years. In 2019, “Elintelné” by Trending Tropics was nominated for Best Concept at the Berlin Music Video Awards; in 2022, “Flow HP” was selected for competition at the Bogotá Music Video Festival and won Best Urban Video at the Buenos Aires Music Video Fest; and in 2023, “El Apagón: Aquí Vive Gente” won at the Video Prisma Awards (BAMV Fest) in the Documentary category, while “Canción Desaparecida” received an award for Social Impact and was a finalist at Videoclipe Latam in the m-v-f- Awards (Brazil Music Video Festival). His…
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Access Information English and Spanish CART captioning are provided at this event. To request additional accessibility services, please contact us at [email protected] or 312-397-4076 .
About the Speakers Kacho López Mari is a Puerto Rican filmmaker and music video director, and cofounder of Filmes Zapatero. Over the past two decades, his work has helped shape the visual evolution of reggaetón and contemporary Latin pop, from early, genre-defining videos like Tego Calderón’s “Abayarde/Gracias” and Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina,” to landmark collaborations with Bad Bunny including “Callaíta,” the documentary-hybrid “El Apagón: Aquí Vive Gente,” and “Baile Inolvidable.” His work has been recognized across both awards and festivals. In 2014, López Mari made history as the first director to win both the Latin Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video and Best Long Form Music Video in the same year, for Calle 13’s “Ojos Color Sol” and Juanes’s “Loco de Amor (La Historia).” He is a seven-time Latin Grammy nominee and two-time winner. Festival accolades have followed throughout the years. In 2019, “Elintelné” by Trending Tropics was nominated for Best Concept at the Berlin Music Video Awards; in 2022, “Flow HP” was selected for competition at the Bogotá Music Video Festival and won Best Urban Video at the Buenos Aires Music Video Fest; and in 2023, “El Apagón: Aquí Vive Gente” won at the Video Prisma Awards (BAMV Fest) in the Documentary category, while “Canción Desaparecida” received an award for Social Impact and was a finalist at Videoclipe Latam in the m-v-f- Awards (Brazil Music Video Festival). His…
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