DESCRIPTION:
"Cinco Changüiseros" is a musical documentary about Changüí - the traditional dance party music of Guantánamo Province, Cuba. Today's Salsa music and dance branched out from the vibrant tradition of Cuban Son. It is said that Changüí is the mother of the Son.

This second of five parts of "Cinco Changüiseros" features one of the greatest living "tresero cantantes" (tres player-singers) of the Changüí tradition - Pedro Vera. Mr. Vera has played with Grupo Changüí de Guantánamo, Group Antillano, Los Morenos del Changüí and many of the other Changüí groups in Guantánamo Province. Pedro has competed in several national musical festivals and most recently won the tres player competition at the National Changüí Festival in 2012.

In December of 2004, two novice filmmakers travelled to Eastern Cuba to study and document Changüí. By knocking on doors and making new friends, some of today's best Changüí musicians gladly gave interviews in their homes and performed in intimate settings. In this way, five central changüiseros shared their personal stories and illuminated the nature of this frequently mentioned, yet seldom understood music and dance form. The full length documentary film "Cinco Changüiseros" that resulted from this journey is an up close and personal journey to Guantánamo where the Changüí is alive and well.