Joaquín Guillén, his former manager, feels cheated by the American production company.
News Valledupar.
The Netflix documentary on the life of ‘El Cacique de La Junta’, Diomedes Díaz, continues to generate comments among his family, friends and the fans of the late vallenato singer.
Little Martincito Elías already did it, who upon seeing the short film felt disappointed because in the production company he only focused on “his grandfather’s mistake” and not on the good things of the legacy of the most important vallenato artist of all time.
See: They release the trailer for the Netflix documentary on the life of Diomedes Díaz
“He was someone who united families, gave joy and brought Colombia and its culture to the entire Universe. They only focus on a mistake, the truth is very disappointing,” commented the son of Martín Elías and ‘Caya’ Varon.
To the comment of Diomedes’ grandson is now added that of the former manager of “Cacique”, Joaquín Guillén, who hinted that he feels cheated with the final product of the documentary whose premiere on the North American streaming platform was on March 28.
The businessman from Guajiro, one of Diomedes’ great friends, appears in the documentary narrating some anecdotes from Diomedes’ life.
In one of them, Guillén revealed that “El Cacique” was hidden on his farm for several years, fleeing justice for the Doris Adriana Niño case, a friend of the artist who died in strange circumstances after being in the singer’s apartment. vallenato in Bogota.
Read: When Diomedes Díaz spoke of his death; Today marks seven years of the departure of ‘El Cacique de La Junta’
Despite telling this and other experiences of ‘El Cacique’, Guillén feels somewhat cheated by the production company since the final result of the television product was not what he expected.
“They approached me first and I did not want to give an interview until I had the order of their children, led by Rafael Santos,” said Joaquín Guillén.
“I thought that the documentary was something related to the beautiful things of my compadre …”, criticized Joaqueín Guillén.
“Diomedes had his negative part but they put a high percentage of this and not the positive”, questioned the former manager of ‘El Cacique’.
He also criticized the fact that in the short film they showed some scenes related to bombs and explosions in the time of Pablo Escobar.
“I respect the producers of Netflix a lot, but we do not agree because of Diomedes you have to say beautiful things like the ones he gave,” he concluded.
Here are their statements:
Another fan had the same opinion and sided with Guillén.
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