Bios: Mercedes Sosa

Abel Pintos explores the legacy and great influence of Mercedes Sosa, the woman who revolutionized Argentine folklore. Thus, through interviews with musicians and intellectuals who supported her at the beginning of her career, with her grandchildren who knew her most intimate side, and with artists such as Fito Páez and Charly García, Abel reconstructs and honors the Mercedes figure. Abel Pintos explores the legacy and great influence of Mercedes Sosa, the woman who revolutionized Argentine folklore. Thus, through interviews with musicians and intellectuals who supported her at the beginning of her career, with her grandchildren who knew her most intimate side, and with artists such as Fito Páez and Charly García, Abel reconstructs and honors the Mercedes figure. Abel Pintos explores the legacy and great influence of Mercedes Sosa, the woman who revolutionized Argentine folklore. Thus, through interviews with musicians and intellectuals who supported her at the beginning of her career, with her grandchildren who knew her most intimate side, and with artists such as Fito Páez and Charly García, Abel reconstructs and honors the Mercedes figure. Abel Pintos explores the legacy and great influence of Mercedes Sosa, the woman who revolutionized Argentine folklore. Thus, through interviews with musicians and intellectuals who supported her at the beginning of her career, with her grandchildren who knew her most intimate side, and with artists such as Fito Páez and Charly García, Abel reconstructs and honors the Mercedes figure.