Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club

Movie |

Cuba | Havana, Cuba

  • Duration: 1h 45min
  • Music: Ry Cooder,Juan de Marcos González,Joachim Cooder,Omara Portuondo,Carlos González
  • Award(s): European Film 1999 (Won)
    Oscar 2000 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Songs from the Hole, Kylie: Tension Tour Live
  • Story:
    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.
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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.
Ratings

7.6/10

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AWARDS

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Won
European Film Award

European Documentary | 1999 | Wim

Golden Space Needle Award

Best Documentary | 1999 | Wim

OFCS Award

Best Documentary | 2000

NSFC Award

Best NonFiction Film | 2000

Special Award

2000 | Wim

NBR Award

Best Documentary | 1999

NYFCC Award

Best NonFiction Film | 1999

KCFCC Award

Best Documentary | 1999

LAFCA Award

Best DocumentaryNonFiction Film | 1999 | Ry

National Film Registry Award

National Film Preservation Board | 2020

Audience Award

1999 | Wim

ACCA Award

Best Documentary Feature | 1999

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Award

Best Foreign Film Melhor Filme Estrangeiro | 2001 | Wim

Golden Satellite Award

Best Motion Picture Documentary | 2000

FFCC Award

Best Documentary | 2000

Critics Choice Award

Best Feature Documentary | 2000

Film in Gold Award

Best Documentary Bester Dokumentarfilm | 2000

Silver Clod Award

Best Foreign Film of the Year Beste Utenlandske Spillefilm | 2000 | Wim

Golden Camera Award

Film National | 2000 | Wim

OFTA Film Award

Best Documentary Picture | 2000 | Deepak

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Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Documentary Features | 2000 | Wim

BAFTA Film Award

Best Sound | 2000 | Martin

Best Film not in the English Language | 2000 | Ulrich

Golden Satellite Award

Best Film Editing | 2000 | Brian

Best Sound | 2000

SIYAD Award

Best Foreign Film | 2000

Sierra Award

Best Documentary | 2000

Daring Digital Award

NVision | 2000 | Wim

Eddie Award

Best Edited Documentary Film | 2000 | Brian

Golden Trailer Award

Best Documentary | 1999

ACCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 1999 | Wim

TRIVIA

Trivia

The Buena Vista Social Club album was put together by guitarist Ry Cooder in 1997 as a means of recapturing the "lost" music of pre-revolutionary Havana. The story was later made into this movie.

The sequence in the cigar factory was filmed without a permit.

In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

The success of the album and this subsequent documentary had a deep impact on the Cuban tourist industry, raising the country's profile.

The bulk of this film was shot with available light.