Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. —Andrew Fletcher, 1703. In the politically violent land of Cuba there is often some doubt as to who, exactly, is writing the laws.

Playing Lecuona is, on its surface, an idiosyncratic and tightly, even myopically focused documentary on the Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona. But by going narrow, this movie also goes deep.

Siempre en mi corazón Ernesto Lecuona, Composer Carole Farley, Soprano John Constable, Piano Dame de tus Rosas John Constable, Piano Ernesto Lecuona, Composer Carole Farley, Soprano (La) Comparsa ...