BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (FULL SCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Plot: 'The Buena Vista Social Club,' guitarist Ry Cooder's celebrated album featuring the recently re-discovered talents of Cuba's foremost folk musicians, sold millions of copies and earned a Grammy Award. Now, Cooder teams up with acclaimed director Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) to reveal the astonishing life stories, vibrant personalities and unforgettable music of the brilliantly talented but long-overlooked performers who collaborated on this now-legendary recording. Form the crumbling barrios of their native Havana, to their triumphant, sold-out concerts in Amsterdam and New York's Carnegie Hall, it's an unforgettable, deeply emotional journey into the passion, pride and humanity of the artists whose music sparked a worldwide musical phenomenon!
• Cast: Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Rubén González, Orlando 'Cachaíto' López, Amadito Valdés, Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal, Barbarito Torres, Pío Leyva, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea, Juan de Marcos González, Octavio Calderon, Manuel Galban, Heitor Goldflus, Salvador Repilado Labrada, Benito Suárez Magana, Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés, Lázaro Villa, Carlos González, Wim Wenders
• Director: Wim Wenders
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: Lions Gate