José Sánchez Montes

Morente Sueña La Alhambra

José Sánchez Montes, José Sánchez-Montes

Bola de Nieve

José Sánchez Montes

Bola de Nieve, Nisia Aguero

Documentarian Jose Sanchez-Montes turns his attention towards the late Cuban musician Ignacio Villa, known throughout the world as Bola de Nieve (Snowball), with this 2003 biographical documentary entitled simply Bola de Nieve. A master pianist, Bola de Nieve was a mainstay through the middle portion of the 20th century, with his music almost omnipresent in South America cinema throughout those formative decades. With Bola de Nieve's famous statement "I'm a sad person, but my songs sound happy" in mind, Sanchez-Montes also looks at the influence of the musician's African heritage and homosexuality upon Bola de Nieve's unique musical style.

Tiempo de Leyenda

José Sánchez Montes

The story of how, thirty years ago, Camarón de la Isla's “La leyenda del tiempo,” an experimental album mixing very different musical styles, revolutionized the world of flamenco music.

Moonlit Flamenco

José Sánchez Montes, Manuel Siclia

Granada, Spain, 1922. The composer Manuel de Falla, who dreams every night of the ancestral songs sung to him by his nanny, fears that flamenco art will disappear, so with the help of his friend Miguel Cerón Rubio and the poet Federico García Lorca, he organizes a contest to revitalize and promote it.