Haydée Mercedes Sosa, known as La Negra, was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs...
Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Zamba para olvidarte, Gracia a la vida, Todo cambia
Nominations
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album, Zamba para olvidarte, Gracia a la vida, Todo cambia
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Quote
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When you are in exile, you take your suitcase, but there are things that don't fit. There are things in your mind, like colors and smells and childhood attitudes, and there is also the pain and the death you saw.
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Artists are not political leaders. The only power they have is to draw people into the theater.
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Fact
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She was of mixed Amerindian and French ancestry. She grew up in a relatively desolate area, closer to Bolivia than to Buenos Aires.
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She won a local radio station's amateur talent contest when she was 15.
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Her signature song, "Gracias a la Vida" (Thanks to Life) was written by Chilean songwriter Violeta Parra.
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She performed with various entertainers, including Joan Baez and Sting.
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She was a leading figure in the "nueva cancion" musical movement of the 1960s and 1970s, which blended traditional folk music with politically-charged lyrics about government brutality and the poor.
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In 1992 she was honored as "Ciudadano Ilustre de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" ("Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires").
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cuéntame
2011-2014
TV Series performer - 3 episodes
Ochéntame... otra vez
2014
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Gent de paraula
2012
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Turime popieziu!
2011
performer: "Todo Cambia"
Mercedes Sosa: Cantora, an Intimate Journey
2009
Documentary performer: "Aquellas pequeñas cosas", "Barro tal vez", "Zamba del cielo", "Coração vagabundo", "La maza", "Himno de mi corazón", "Desarma y sangra", "Jamás te olvidaré", "Zona de promesas"
Banda sonora
2008
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Che: Part Two
2008
performer: "Balderrama"
Televisión por la identidad
2007
TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode
Hermano Núñez
2004
Short performer: "Danza de los Machetes
Good Morning, Night
2003
performer: "Gloria", "La Huida Vidala Tucumana"
Ritmo de la noche
1994
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Mercedes Sosa: como un pájaro libre
1983
Documentary performer: "La maza", "Guitarra enlunarada", "Grito Santiagueño", "Al jardin de la republica", "Soy pan, soy paz, soy mas", "Maria va", "Zambita de los humildes", "Polleritas", "Alfonsina y el mar", "Cuando ya me empiece a quedar solo", "Inconsciente colectivo", "Solo le pido a Dios", "Como la cigarra", "Como un pajaro libre", "Canción para todos", "Cuando tenga la tierra"
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mercedes Sosa: Cantora, an Intimate Journey
2009
Documentary
Las dignas mujeres por la dignidad y la vida
2002
Short
Juan: Como si nada hubiera sucedido
1987
Documentary
Mercedes Sosa: como un pájaro libre
1983
Documentary
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Güemes - la tierra en armas
1971
Juana Azurduy
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tiempo de pensar
2011
TV Series composer: theme music
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
16, Rue Descartes
2015
Documentary post-production
Herself
Mercedes Sosa: Cantora, an Intimate Journey
2009
Documentary
Herself
La noche del 10
2005
TV Series
Herself
Three Voices: Live in Concert
2004
Video documentary
Herself
Viola Chilensis
2003
Documentary
Herself
Historias de Argentina en vivo
2001
Documentary
HermanSIC
2000
TV Series
Herself
La noche abierta
2000
TV Series
Herself
Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand
1997-1999
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Ritmo de la noche
1994
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar
1993
TV Series
Herself - Performer
Fin de siglo
1987
TV Series
Herself
Será posible el sur: Mercedes Sosa
1986
Documentary
Herself
Mercedes Sosa: como un pájaro libre
1983
Documentary
Herself
Retrato en vivo
1979
TV Series
Herself
Le grand échiquier
1979
TV Series
Herself
Musiqueando
1977
TV Series
Herself
Esta es mi Argentina
1974
Documentary voice
Argentinísima
1972
Documentary
Show-Report
1970
TV Series documentary
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Resurrection of Victor Jara
2015
Documentary post-production
Herself
Tu cara me suena - Argentina
2013-2015
TV Series
Herself
Gracias por venir, gracias por estar
2012-2014
TV Series
Herself
Premios Martín Fierro 2009
2010
TV Special
Herself - In Memoriam
The Power of Their Song: The Untold Story of Latin America's New Song Movement
$10 Million
