Buena Vista Social Club

Resource Information

The work Buena Vista Social Club represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public 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, and ICAIC ; produced by Ry Cooder ; produced by Ulrich Felsberg and Deepak Nayar ; directed by Wim Wenders

Contributor

• Cooder, Ry
• Kintop Pictures (Firm)
• Felsberg, Ulrich
• Johnson, Brian, (Film editor)
• Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica
• Nayar, Deepak
• Wenders, Wim
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Widmer, Jörg
• Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group)
• Road Movies Filmproduktion
• Association relative à la télévision européenne

Director of photography

• Widmer, Jörg

Editor of moving image work

• Johnson, Brian, (Film editor)

Film director

• Wenders, Wim

Film producer

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

Performer

• Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group)
• Cooder, Ry

Production company

• Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica
• Road Movies Filmproduktion
• Kintop Pictures (Firm)
• Association relative à la télévision européenne

Publisher

• Criterion Collection (Firm)

Subject

• Jazz
• Jazz -- Cuba -- 1991-2000
• Musicians
• Musicians -- Cuba | Havana -- Biography
• Musicians -- Cuba | Havana -- Interviews
• Música bailable -- Cuba
• Música de jazz -- Cuba
• Música popular -- Cuba
• Nonfiction films
• Nonfiction films
• Popular music
• Popular music -- Cuba -- 1991-2000
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Biographical films
• 1991-2000
• Biographical films
• Biography
• Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group)
• Buena Vista Social Club (Musical group)
• Concert films
• Concert films
• Cuba
• Cuba -- Havana
• Dance music
• Dance music -- Cuba
• Documentary films
• Documentary films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Interviews

Genre

• Biography
• Biographical films
• Concert films
• Documentary films
• Feature films
• Interviews
• Nonfiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• spa
• eng
• eng
• spa

Summary

In 1996, Ry Cooder went to Cuba, rediscovering talents of Cuba's foremost musicians and making a recording with them that sold millions and earned a Grammy Award. Cooder now returns to Cuba with filmmaker 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

Member of

• Criterion collection, 866

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Jörg Widmer ; editor, Brian Johnson

Dewey number

781.650922

Intended audience

Rating: G

Language note

Spanish and English dialogue; sung in Spanish; with optional English SDH subtitles

LC call number

ML421.B837

LC item number

B84 2017

PerformerNote

Featuring Buena Vista Social Club, Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Rubén González, Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Amadito Valdés, Manuuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, Barbarito Torres, Pío Leyva, Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, Juan de Marcos González

Runtime

105

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Series volume

866

Target audience

general

Technique

live action