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Buena Vista Social Club is a 1999 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. It is named for a danzón that became the title piece of the album Buena Vista Social Club. The film is an international co-production of Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Cuba.
In the wake of this success, director Wim Wenders filmed the ensemble’s members—including golden-voiced Ibrahim Ferrer and piano virtuoso Rubén González—in a series of illuminating interviews and live performances.
Documentary Music. Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and res... Read all.
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- Documentary, Music
- Wim Wenders
- 1999-06-04
Jun 5, 2024 · Both the Afro-Cuban All Stars and Buena Vista Social Club were dreamed up by Nick Gold, an executive at London-based world-music label World Circuit Records, who called on Cuban bandleader Juan...
May 21, 2015 · The music of Buena Vista Social Club — the gothic ballad “Chan Chan,” the infectious chorus of “De Camino a la Verada,” the smoky ivory-tickling on the title track — crossed political boundaries literally and figuratively. Wenders’ documentary exposed it to a larger audience.
Excerpts from nine songs featured in the film and on the original Buena Vista Social Club CD, background information on each, lyrics (in English and Spanish), and photographs.
Sung by the band's septuagenarian lead singer, Ibrahim Ferrer, who is described as a Cuban Nat (King) Cole, the song is a sexy musical fire alarm alerting the world to a blaze in the bedroom...
