Documentary, Music
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.
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This Is It
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
THE COCKPIT
RM: Right People, Wrong Place
Elszállt egy hajó a szélben
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône
KANGDANIEL: My Parade
TMZ No BS: Cardi B
Wandering Stars
G-Funk
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero
Somliga går med trasiga skor
The Sound of Identity
ONE IN A MILL10N
INXS: Welcome to Wherever You Are
ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold
Classic Albums: Elvis Presley
Ces chansons de nos vacances
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IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2009
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IMDB 7.7 | Mar , 2006
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IMDB 7 | May , 2015
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IMDB 9 | Dec , 2024
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IMDB 10 | Dec , 1998
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IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 2006
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IMDB 8 | Dec , 2015
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IMDB 0 | Aug , 2023
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IMDB 8 | Mar , 2023
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IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 2019
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IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 2017
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IMDB 5.5 | Jul , 2022
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IMDB 6 | Sep , 2023
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IMDB 8.5 | Nov , 2023
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IMDB 5.5 | Aug , 2020
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IMDB 8 | Oct , 2025
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2004
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IMDB 7.8 | Jul , 2023
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IMDB 6.6 | Apr , 2002
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IMDB 8 | Sep , 2022