Buena Vista Social Club: Adios PG
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Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 12, 2017
  • Originally Released: 2017
  • Label: Broadgreen

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 108
[T]he documentary BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: ADIOS reflects on the group’s legacy, against the backdrop of the changing political climate in Cuba -- and in the United States.
Chicago Sun-Times
May 25, 2017
Rating: 4/5 -- ... Cuba's geriatric music troupe get a touching send-off in Lucy Walker's hagiographic but moving documentary. Full Review
Times (UK)
Oct 19, 2017
Rating: 3.5/5 -- Fans of both Wenders' movie and of Cuban music ... will find it expands their knowledge and love of son, Cuba's unique sound. Full Review
South China Morning Post
Mar 15, 2018
Rating: 3/5 -- The approach is pretty conventional, but the characters are so brilliant you'd struggle not to be swept up in it all. Full Review
Time Out
Oct 18, 2017
Adios feels both disorganized and unnecessary, like an encore staged after the house lights have gone up and most of the audience has exited the building. Full Review
Uproxx
Sep 27, 2017
A cluttered rear-view of a cultural phenomenon, and a fond farewell to some of the Cuban music pioneers that inspired it. Full Review
Film Journal International
May 26, 2017
Rating: 3.5/5 -- Still, as nostalgia trips go - was 1999 almost two decades ago? - this offers a fairly even balance of news update, fan service and, as the title implies, a goodbye. Full Review
The Straits Times (Singapore)
Aug 23, 2017

Product Description:

Twenty years after their first session, members of the Cuban-music supergroup the Buena Vista Social Club discuss how their breakout success altered their lives. This documentary uses interviews, concert performances, and archival footage to spotlight the band's relationship to a rapidly changing Cuba. Directed by Lucy Walker.

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