Celebrate the life of one of music’s greatest icons in this special premiere event. See the new
movie CARLOS first, including intro content featuring director Rudy Valdez and Carlos Santana,
exclusive to this event.
At the age of 5, in his native Mexico, he learned to play the violin. At 8, he developed a lifelong
love for the guitar. At 14, he honed those guitar virtuoso skills and his performance style working
as a street musician, starting his own band long after, while still a teenager. And at 22 — just
before his first album was released to acclaim — Carlos Santana became one of the major
discoveries of Woodstock, anchoring the famous festival’s second afternoon on August 16, 1969.
A music industry legend for 50 years and a 10-time Grammy-winning global sensation, Santana
continues to be one of the music world’s premiere artists, blending jazz, blues, and the Mariachi
sound with a rock n’ roll spirituality and a sense of connection to music’s primal connection to our
deepest emotions.
The electric documentary CARLOS utilizes new interviews with Santana and his family alongside
extraordinary, never-before-seen archival footage — including home video recordings Santana
himself made; concert footage; and behind- the-scenes moments — as two-time Emmy-winning
director Rudy Valdez creates an intimate, rich documentary about a man whose sound casts a
spell on fans who love — as one of Santana’s famous titles says— “how his rhythm goes.”