Guaco: Semblanza
Oct 20, 2017 | IMDB 0
90 min Watch NowDocumentary
Dcumentary directed by Alberto Arvelo, which is a record for the posterity of as the first five decades of the career as the projection into the future of "La Super Banda de Venezuela". It is related from the present with interesting testimonies and electrifying performances in concert.
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