Buena Vista Social Club: Adios (2017)
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.
Director: Lucy Walker
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Ibrahim Ferrer as Self |
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Omara Portuondo as Self |
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Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal as Self |
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Eliades Ochoa as Self |
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Barbarito Torres as Self |
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Guajirito Mirabal as Self |
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Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos as Self |
| Directing | Lucy Walker | Director |
| Production | Andrew Baker | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Enrique Chediak | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lucas Gath | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Pablo Proenza | Editor |
| Editing | Tyler Temple Higgins | Editor |
| Sound | Robbie Adams | Music Editor |
| Production | Christine Cowin | Producer |
| Production | Zak Kilberg | Producer |
| Production | Julian Cautherley | Producer |
| Production | Victor Moyers | Producer |
| Production | Asher Goldstein | Producer |
| Production | Wim Wenders | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lucy Walker | Executive Producer |
| Production | Iz Web | Co-Producer |
| Production | Michael Cleaver | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Lucy Walker | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Nick Higgins | Director of Photography |
| Sound | D. Chris Smith | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
