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Buena Vista Social Club (1999)

Name: Buena Vista Social Club
Director: Wim Wenders
Genre: documentary film, musical film
Rating: 7.6

Buena Vista Social Club is a 1999 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba, featuring the musicians who recorded the 1997 album Buena Vista Social Club. The film is an international co-production of Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Cuba.

Directed by Wim Wenders · Shot by Jörg Widmer · Cut by Brian Johnson

Behind the scenes

Inside the Tony Award Winning Choreography of the 'Buena Vista Social Club' — The Hollywood Reporter · 7 min
"Buena Vista Social Club" serenades Broadway — CBS Sunday Morning · 8 min
From the archives: Buena Vista Social Club on its U.S. tour — CBS Sunday Morning · 10 min
Ry Cooder and Wim Wenders interview on "Buena Vista Social Club" (1999) — Manufacturing Intellect · 14 min

Elsewhere

More by Wim Wenders

Twelve Miles to Trona
Schauplätze — 1967
Same Player Shoots Again — 1968
Alabama: 2000 Light Years from Home — 1969
Silver City — 1969
3 American LPs — 1969
Polizeifilm — 1969
Summer in the City — 1970
The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty — 1972
The Scarlet Letter — 1973
Alice in the Cities — 1974
Wrong Move — 1975
Kings of the Road — 1976
The American Friend — 1977
Lightning Over Water — 1980
Hammett — 1982
The State of Things — 1982
Room 666 — 1982
Paris, Texas — 1984
Tokyo-Ga — 1985
Wings of Desire — 1987
Notebook on Cities and Clothes — 1989
Until the End of the World — 1991
Arisha — 1992
Faraway, So Close! — 1993
Lisbon Story — 1994
Beyond the Clouds — 1995
A Trick of Light — 1995
Lumière and Company — 1995
The End of Violence — 1997

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