| Description |
1 streaming video file (101 min.) : sound, colour |
| Summary |
In 1996, composer, producer and guitar legend Ry Cooder entered Egrem Studios in Havana with the forgotten greats of Cuban music, many of them in their 6os and 70s, some of them long since retired. The resulting album, Buena Vista Social Club, became a Grammy-winning international bestseller. When Cooder returned to Havana in 1998 to record a solo album by 72-year-old vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer, filmmaker Wim Wenders was on hand to document the occasion. Buena Vista Social Club weaves artist biographies with a glimpse of modern Cuba, remembering its past, capturing a lost culture in music that is suddenly, unexpectedly revived for audiences in Havana and around the world. A loving master class in Cuban music, with a vital cast of aging performers whose energy and passion belie their years |
| Notes |
Off-air recording |
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Originally broadcast on SBS Two on 01/01/2011 |
| Credits |
Director, Wim Wenders ; Producers, Ulrich Felsberg and Deepak Nayar ; Director of photography, Jörg Widmer ; Editor, Brian Johnson |
| Cast |
Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo |
| Subject |
Popular music -- Cuba.
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Dance music -- Cuba.
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Jazz -- Cuba
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Musicians -- Cuba -- Biography
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Dance music.
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Jazz.
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Musicians.
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Popular music.
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Cuba.
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Biographies.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Wenders, Wim, director
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Cooder, Ry, performer
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Ferrer, Ibrahim, 1927-2005, performer.
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González, Rubén, 1919-2003, performer.
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Ochoa, Eliades, performer
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Portuondo, Omara, performer
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Segundo, Compay, performer
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Felsberg, Ulrich, producer
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Nayar, Deepak, performer
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