Making Movies (band)

Making Movies
Enrique and Diego Chi from Making Movies performing at the Plaza Art Fair, singing their song "Libertad"(2013)
Background information
Origin	Kansas City, Missouri, US
Genres	Indie rock, Latin rock, Son Cubano, Afro-Cuban, Cumbia, Spoken WordAmerican Roots
Years active	2009–present
Labels	The Record Machine, independent
Members	Enrique Chi Juan Carlos Chaurand Diego Chi Duncan Burnett
Past members	Brendan Culp Andres Chaurand
Website	www.mkngmvs.com

Making Movies is an international rock n' roll band known for its Latino activism in the United States and abroad.  Formed in Kansas City, MO in 2009, their music includes elements of rock, cumbia, psychedelia, American roots, son cubano, and spoken word.

The band is composed of Panamanian brothers Enrique Chi (vocals, guitar) and Diego Chi (bass), along with Juan-Carlos Chaurand (percussion, keys) from Mexico, and Duncan Burnett (drums) from Kansas. Past members include Andres Chaurand and Brendan Culp. The band currently resides in Los Angeles, and Kansas City.

The band was nominated in 2019 for the Latin Grammy Album of the Year for their collaboration with Ruben Blades on the song “No Te Calles”, the first single from Blades album Paraiso Road Gang, and also featured on Making Movies most recent album ameri'kana. "No Te Calles" was also featured on NPR’s Best Songs of 2019 .^[1]

Of the band's 5 album releases, their 3 LP’s;  A La Deriva (2014), I Am Another You (2017), and ameri'kana (2019), have all been produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos. The band released a string of acoustic  singles in 2018 that featured collaborations with Latinx peers Las Cafeteras and Flor De Toloache. The band also joined Rubén Blades in Mexico City at the Auditorio Nacional in November 2019