Buena Vista Social Club

Resource Information

The work Buena Vista Social Club represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Buena Vista Social Club

Statement of responsibility

Road Movies Filmproduktion presents a film by Wim Wenders ; a Road Movies Production in association with Kintop Pictures, Arte, ICAIC, Channel 4 ; produced by Ry Cooder, Ulrich Felsberg, and Deepak Nayar ; directed by Wim Wenders

Contributor

• Widmer, Jörg
• Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Association relative à la télévision européenne
• Channel Four (Great Britain)
• Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica
• Kintop Pictures (Firm)
• Road Movies Filmproduktion
• Cooder, Joachim
• Cooder, Ry
• Felsberg, Ulrich
• Ferrer, Ibrahim, 1927-2005
• González, Rubén, 1919-2003
• Leyva, Pío
• Licea, Manuel, 1927-2000
• López, Orlando, 1933-2009
• Marcos González, Juan de
• Mirabal Vázquez, Manuel, 1933-
• Nayar, Deepak
• Ochoa, Eliades
• Portuondo, Omara
• Segundo, Compay
• Torres, Barbarito
• Valdés, Amadito
• trueWenders, Wim

Cinematographer

• Widmer, Jörg

Film director

• trueWenders, Wim

Film distributor

• Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)

Film producer

• Felsberg, Ulrich
• Cooder, Ry
• Nayar, Deepak

Performer

• Marcos González, Juan de
• Portuondo, Omara
• Valdés, Amadito
• Segundo, Compay
• Torres, Barbarito
• Cooder, Ry
• Cooder, Joachim
• González, Rubén, 1919-2003
• Ochoa, Eliades
• Licea, Manuel, 1927-2000
• López, Orlando, 1933-2009
• Ferrer, Ibrahim, 1927-2005
• Mirabal Vázquez, Manuel, 1933-
• Leyva, Pío

Production company

• Road Movies Filmproduktion
• Kintop Pictures (Firm)
• Association relative à la télévision européenne

Sponsoring body

• Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica
• Channel Four (Great Britain)

Subject

• Musicians -- Cuba | Havana -- Interviews
• Nonfiction films
• Popular music -- Cuba -- 1991-2000
• Sones -- Cuba
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• World music
• 1991-2000
• Biographical films
• Boleros (Music)
• Concert films
• DVD-Video discs
• Dance music -- Cuba
• Documentary films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Latin jazz -- Cuba
• Musical films
• Musicians -- Cuba | Havana -- Biography

Genre

• Nonfiction films
• trueBiography
• Biographical films
• DVD-Video discs
• Documentary films
• Concert films
• Feature films
• trueInterviews
• Musical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

spa

Summary

In 1996, Ry Cooder went to Cuba, rediscovering talents of Cuba's foremost folk musicians, and then making a recording selling millions and earning a Grammy Award. Cooder now returns to Cuba with film maker Wim Wenders to reveal the stories, personalities, and music of the performers who collaborated on that recording. Includes live performances in Amsterdam and at Carnegie Hall

Cataloging source

CIA

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Editor, Brian Johnson ; director of photography and steadicam, Jörg Widmer ; all concert and studio recordings are a World Circuit Production

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G ; Canadian Home Video Rating: G

Language note

In Spanish and English, with English subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Joachim Cooder, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo, Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Amadito Valdés, Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal Vazquez, Barbaro Alberto Torres Delgado, Pío Leyva, Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, Juan de Marcos González

Runtime

105

Technique

live action