Watch trailer for Buena Vista Social Club presented with Des Moines Performing Arts
Watch trailer
Buena Vista Social Club presented with Des Moines Performing Arts
Opens on January 12
Director: Wim Wenders Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 1999
Starring: Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, Joachim Cooder, Ry Cooder
Presented with Des Moines Performing Arts. 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.