Buena Vista Social Club
Documentary about a group of legendary Cuban musicians who were brought together by Ry Cooder to record their music. Includes recording sessions in Havana and concert footage.
Cuba's rich and colourful past comes vividly to life in this legendary, Oscar-nominated documentary.
The award-winning Buena Vista Social Club album produced by Ry Cooder remains the biggest-selling world music album ever, showcasing the talents of a dream team of veterans from Cuban music's golden age, including Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzalez, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo and Compay Segundo.
Never a regular band, The Buena Vista Social Club had gone their separate ways, but in this extraordinary film Wim Wenders intimately documents Ry Cooder's return to Havana, encountering these musical legends again as they look back to the halcyon days of Cuba's music scene, when the rich and famous travelled from all over the world to listen to them. In the climax, their music comes alive once again, as they rehearse for their first - and only - performance in America, at New York's Carnegie Hall.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:35Ibrahim Ferrer
Cienfuegos Tiene Su Guaguanco
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00:53Buena Vista Social Club
Candela
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01:04Buena Vista Social Club
El Cuarto De Tula
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01:13Ibrahim Ferrer
Nuestra Ultima Cita
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01:19Buena Vista Social Club
Quizas, Quizas (Live)
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01:25Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
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01:28Buena Vista Social Club
Siboney (Live)
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01:32Buena Vista Social Club
Candela (Live)
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01:35Buena Vista Social Club
Chan Chan (Live)
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
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| Director | Wim Wenders |
Broadcast
- Fri 20 Apr 2018 21:00
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