Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
2017•PG•1h 50m•7.4•Released
DocumentaryMusic
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.
Director
Lucy Walker
Languages
English, Spanish
Studio
Blink TV
Cast
Ibrahim Ferrer
Self
Omara Portuondo
Self
Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Self
Eliades Ochoa
Self
Barbarito Torres
Self
Guajirito Mirabal
Self
Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos
Self
Production
Company
Blink TV
Company
Broad Green Pictures
Company
Convergent Media
Company
Producciones de la 5ta Avenida
Producer
Christine Cowin
Producer
Asher Goldstein
Producer
Victor Moyers
Producer
Julian Cautherley
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