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Havanyork

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Rated 6.3 on TMDB

Havanyork

From the neighborhoods of Havana and New York the camera portrays, with a participatory vision, the reflections that the musicians of both cities have elaborated in relation to their roots, the evolution of the drum and to the soul of Hip Hop.

Released: 2009
Country: Mexico

Direction and writing

Luciano LarobinaDirector

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