Buena Vista Social Club background

Buena Vista Social Club

In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winning CD in their native city of Havana. The result is a spectacular compilation of concert footage from the group's gigs in Amsterdam and New York City's famed Carnegie Hall, with director Wim Wenders capturing not only the music -- but also the musicians' life stories.In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winning CD in their native city of Havana. The resu... Read more

Watch "Buena Vista Social Club" from streaming services HBO Max, Vudu, Criterion Channel and several more released in 1999. It's a documentary and music movie, and has a rating of 7.6 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.

Watch it here

HBO Max

Criterion Channel

Best price

Links in this list may be a link where we earn a commission. Thank you for your support.

An error has occurred. This application may no longer respond until reloaded. Reload 🗙