Buena Vista Social Club: Adios

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios

2017
1h 50m
7.4

7.4/10

22 votes • View on IMDb
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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Blink TV Broad Green Pictures Convergent Media Producciones de la 5ta Avenida
Production Countries
Cuba United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Spanish

Quick Facts

Release Date May 26, 2017
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt4653272

Cast

Ibrahim Ferrer
Ibrahim Ferrer

Self

Omara Portuondo
Omara Portuondo

Self

Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal

Self

Eliades Ochoa
Eliades Ochoa

Self

Barbarito Torres
Barbarito Torres

Self

Guajirito Mirabal
Guajirito Mirabal

Self

Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos
Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos

Self

Key Crew

Lucy Walker
Director
Christine Cowin
Producer
Asher Goldstein
Producer
Victor Moyers
Producer
Lucy Walker
Executive Producer
Andrew Baker
Executive Producer
Julian Cautherley
Producer
Zak Kilberg
Producer