Event Details:
As we celebrate its 20th anniversary, join us for the _Buena Vista
Social Club_. Traveling from the streets of Havana to the stage of
Carnegie Hall, this revelatory documentary captures a forgotten
generation of Cuba’s brightest musical talents as they enjoy an
unexpected encounter 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’ members-including
golden-voiced Ibrahim Ferrer and piano virtuoso Rubén Gonzalez-in a
series of illuminating interviews and live performances. The result is
one of the most belove documentaries of the 1990’s, and an
infectious ode to a neglected corner of Cuba’s prerevolutionary
heritage.
Visit this website for more information
[https://live.stanford.edu/calendar/february-2020/film-screening-buena-vista-social-club]
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