THAT'S HOW IT IS AND WHAT!

UKAMAU Y KE

By Andrés RAMÍREZ

QUECHUA FILMS - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World

Documentary - Completed 2017

Andino hip hop artist Abraham Bojórquez (Ukamau y Ké) shook the Bolivian music scene with his socially conscious lyrics sung in Aymara and his charismatic performance style. He died violently in 2009 when he was just 27 years old, at the peak of his musical career.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2018
Video Library
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Drama, Biography
    • Countries
    • ECUADOR
    • Languages
    • Other, SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 87 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Andrés RAMÍREZ
    • Writer(s)
    • Xiana YAGO, Andrés RAMÍREZ
    • Producer(s)
    • Fabián BOLIVAR, Amanda ROBALINO, Esteban COLOMA
    • Synopsis
    • Andino hip hop artist Abraham Bojórquez (Ukamau y Ké) shook the Bolivian music scene with his socially conscious lyrics sung in Aymara and his charismatic performance style. He died violently in 2009 when he was just 27 years old, at the peak of his musical career. Ecuadorian rapper and director Andrés Ramírez, returns to Bolivia to uncover the reasons for his friend’s death and the legacy left by this intensely creative soul. As his journey unfolds, Ukamau y Ké comes back to life through archive video footage, interviews, and dream visions.