Making Movies And Rubén Blades Trace Stories Of Immigrant Injustice With 'Ameri'kana'

You might say Making Movies is a band of brothers. The Kansas City-based group is made up of two Panamanian-Americans — guitarist Enrique Chi and his brother, bassist Diego Chi — and two Mexican-Americans; drummer Andres Chaurand and his brother Juan-Carlos, who plays percussion and keyboards.

In January, Making Movies released its first single "No Te Calles," from its upcoming album, Ameri'kana. The single featured a special guest vocalist Panamanian singer, actor and activist Rubén Blades, and it was no ordinary music release. The band also launched a website. Notecalles.world is a collaborative site encouraging people to sing along with Blades and Making Movies, adding voices to create one long protest video.