Bola de Nieve

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.

• Mariano MarescaWriter
• Jordi SabatésOriginal Music Composer
• José Sánchez-MontesDirector
• José Sánchez-MontesWriter

• Bola de NieveHimself (archive footage)
• Nisia AgueroCast
• Santiago AuserónCast
• Miguel BarnetCast
• Esther BorjaCast
• Vicente GarridoCast
• Harold GramatgesCast
• Rogelio ParísCast
• Antonio PeñalverCast
• Luis PeñalverCast
• Roberto ZurbanoCast