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Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group)
Musicians -- Cuba -- Havana -- Biography.
Popular music -- Cuba -- 1991-2000.
Folk music -- Cuba.
Jazz -- Cuba -- 1991-2000.
Sones -- Cuba.
Dance music -- Cuba.
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Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group)
Musicians -- Cuba -- Havana -- Biography.
Popular music -- Cuba -- 1991-2000.
Folk music -- Cuba.
Jazz -- Cuba -- 1991-2000.
Sones -- Cuba.
Dance music -- Cuba.
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Buena Vista Social Club [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Wim Wenders.
Criterion Collection, 2017.
Call #:
DVD 781.6207291 B928 Doc
Subjects
Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group)
Musicians -- Cuba -- Havana -- Biography.
Popular music -- Cuba -- 1991-2000.
Folk music -- Cuba.
Jazz -- Cuba -- 1991-2000.
Sones -- Cuba.
Dance music -- Cuba.
Series
Criterion collection ; 866.
ISBN:
9781681432847
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Edition:
Director-approved two-dvd special ed.
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital Surround sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally released as a documentary film in 1999.
Special edition features: New high-definition digital transfer, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD master audio soundtrack ; audio commentary from 1999 featuring director Wim Wenders ; new interview with Wenders ; We believe in dreams, a new piece featuring never-before-seen outtakes from the Rehearsals for the Buena Vista Social Club's Amsterdam concerts ; interview from 1998 with musician Compay Segundo on His Career and the Cuban music scene ; radio interviews from 2000 featuring musicians
Ibrahim
Ferrer
, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, and others ; Additional scenes ; trailer ; PLUS: An Essay by Author and Geographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.
Home use only.
In English and Spanish with optional English subtitles.
English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Production:
Producers, Ulrich Felsberg and Deepak Nayar ; Writer/Director, Wim Wenders.
Performers:
Featuring Ry Cooder,
Ibrahim
Ferrer
, Rubén Gonzáles, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo.
Summary:
"Traveling from the streets of Havana to the stage of Carnegie Hall, this revelatory documentary captures a forgotten generation of Cubas brightest musical talents as they enjoy an unexpected brush with world fame. The veteran vocalists and instrumentalists collaborated with American guitarist and roots-music champion Ry Cooder to form the Buena Vista Social Club, playing a jazz-inflected mix of cha-cha, mambo, bolero, and other traditional Latin American styles, and recording an album that won a Grammy and made them an international phenomenon. In the wake of this success, director Wim Wenders filmed the ensembles membersincluding golden-voiced
Ibrahim
Ferrer
and piano virtuoso Rubn Gonzlezin a series of illuminating interviews and live performances. The result is one of the most beloved music documentaries of the 1990s, and an infectious ode to a neglected corner of Cubas prerevolutionary heritage."--Container.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Biographical documentary films.
Filmed performances.
Boleros (Music)
World music.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Wenders, Wim.
Cooder, Ry.
Ferrer
,
Ibrahim
,
1927-2005
.
González, Rubén, 1919-
Ochoa, Eliades.
Segundo, Compay.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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0
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Woodlawn Public Library
Adult Nonfeature DVDs
DVD 781.6207291 B928 Doc
Diretor-Approved Two-DVD Special Ed.
Adult Dvds-7 Days
Checked out
Aug 30, 2024
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