Buena Vista Social Club: Adios (2017)

  • PG
  • 05/26/2017 (US)
  • Documentary, Music
  • 1h 50m

Overview

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.

Lucy Walker

Director

Cast

Ibrahim Ferrer's headshot

Ibrahim Ferrer

Self
Omara Portuondo's headshot

Omara Portuondo

Self
Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal's headshot

Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal

Self
Eliades Ochoa's headshot

Eliades Ochoa

Self
Barbarito Torres's headshot

Barbarito Torres

Self
Guajirito Mirabal's headshot

Guajirito Mirabal

Self
Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos's headshot

Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos

Self

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