CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 1h 50m · PG

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios

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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.

Directed byLucy Walker

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 50m
Language
EN
Released
May 26, 2017
Studios
Broad Green PicturesConvergent MediaBlink TV

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Buena Vista Social Club: Adios Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie

Featuring

Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring
Ibrahim Ferrer

Ibrahim Ferrer

Self

Omara Portuondo

Omara Portuondo

Self

Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal

Self

Eliades Ochoa

Eliades Ochoa

Self

Barbarito Torres

Self

Guajirito Mirabal

Self

Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Lucy Walker
Lucy Walker
Produced by
Christine Cowin
Zak Kilberg

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