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Release Date:
May 26, 2017
Original Title:
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Alternate Titles:
Untitled Buena Vista Social Club Documentary
Untitled Lucy Walker Buena Vista Social Club Documentary
ブエナ・ビスタ・ソシアル・クラブ★アディオス
弦满夏湾拿
Genres:
Documentary | Music
Production Companies:
Blink TV
Broad Green Pictures
Convergent Media
Producciones de la 5ta Avenida
Production Countries:
Cuba | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DK: A JP: G KR: 12세 이상 관람가 NL: 14 US: PG
Runtime: 110
In 1996, Cuban bandleader Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, British producer Nick Gold, and American guitarist Ry Cooder convened in Havana to produce a Cuban-Malian collaboration. When the Malians couldn’t get visas, the team turned their attention to reviving a forgotten generation of legendary son cubano musicians and formed an on-the-fly ensemble: the Buena Vista Social Club. Two decades since that fateful first session, we catch up to these master musicians, as they reflect on the magical unfolding of their lives—from humble origins to the evolution and surprising revival of their careers, all against the backdrop of Cuba’s dramatic history. Brimming with unseen concert, rehearsal, and archival footage, this film is an emotional, shimmering celebration of music’s power to transcend age, ideologies, and class, and to connect us to each other through our souls.
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Co-Producer:
Michael Cleaver
Iz Web
Director:
Lucy Walker
Director of Photography:
Lucas Gath
Enrique Chediak
Nick Higgins
Editor:
Tyler Temple Higgins
Pablo Proenza
Executive Producer:
Lucy Walker
Andrew Baker
Wim Wenders
Music Editor:
Robbie Adams
Producer:
Christine Cowin
Asher Goldstein
Victor Moyers
Julian Cautherley
Zak Kilberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
D. Chris Smith
Sound Recordist:
Lucy Walker
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