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25) Cuba Son
Publisher
Planet Group Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Blending musical elements of African and Spanish origin, Son Cubano made its way to Havana and played in the film The Buena Vista Social Club, but its origins are Santiago de Cuba as played here by Los Jubliados, the authentic ’Son’ stars of the city.
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A Buena Vista Social Club meets Years of Living Dangerously, renowned Malian singer Inna Modja takes us on a music-driven journey of hope, hardship, and perseverance across Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall. Part musical odyssey and cultural road-trip, part desertification and climate justice exploration, Inna sets out on a mission to assemble Africa’s most thrilling musicians and record a once-in-a-lifetime album that captures the spirit of...
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Español
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Pocas naciones insulares han conmovido tanto como Cuba. Desde la embriagadora Habana de Hemingway hasta el Buena Vista Social Club de Ry Cooder, Cuba ha fascinado persistentemente a sus visitantes por su música (del jazz a la rumba), su rica literatura, su arte y danza y quizás, sobre todo, por su audaz experimento de una revolución socialista.
Antoni Kapcia muestra cómo el deshielo en las relaciones entre Cuba y EE. UU. exige ahora una nueva...
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English
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With a 1958 portable typewriter in his suitcase, the writer wanders Havana's crumbling back alleys, bullet-sprayed museums, and grand hotels where the relics of the Revolution and the ghost of Hemingway still speak loudly.
Whether getting grifted while watching a dubiously-billed piano player from the Buena Vista Social Club, dodging grifters and conmen, or wandering amongst over a million marble graves, The Havana Papers offers a rare glimpse...
29) Fidel
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Language
Español
Description
Whether dismissed as a relic or revered as a savior, many agree that Fidel Castro is one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. Rarely are Americans given a chance to see inside the world of this socialist leader. The documentary Fidel offers a unique opportunity to view the man through exclusive interviews with Castro himself, historians, public figures and close friends, with rare footage from the Cuban State archives....
30) Havana Requiem
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Language
English
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Losing his successful law firm and marriage to pride and alcohol, litigator Michael Seeley slowly recovers his reputation only to risk everything by accepting a case from an aging musician who with six other composers seeks to reclaim copyrights to culturally significant Cuban songs.
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Language
English
Description
Change looms in Cuba. Just ninety miles from United States shores yet inaccessible to most Americans until recently, Cuba fascinates as much as it confounds. Images of the Buena Vista Social Club, wild nights at the Tropicana, classic cars, and bearded rebels clinching cigars only scrape the surface of Cuba's complex history and legacy. As the US and Cuba move toward the normalization of diplomatic relations after an epic fifty-six-year standoff,...
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English
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"Los Angeles Stories is a collection of loosely linked, noir-ish tales that evoke a bygone era in one of America's most iconic cities. In post-World War II Los Angeles, as power was concentrating and fortunes were being made, a do-it-yourself culture of cool cats, outsiders, and oddballs populated the old downtown neighborhoods of Bunker Hill and Chavez Ravine. Ordinary working folks rubbed elbows with petty criminals, grifters, and all sorts of women...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Singer/songwrtier Raul Malo explores Havana's streets and cultural scene, each segment a segue to musical performances with Cuban musicians Eliades Ochoa (of Buena Vista Social Club), indie-pop Sweet Lizzy Project, Ivette Cepeda, jazz pianist Roberto Foseca, a string quartet from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), and American latino-country-rock band the Mavericks.
37) Inside Havana
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Celebrating the relics of Cuba's revolutionary glory days, this book explores everything from the kinds of interiors seen in Buena Vista Social Club to top-notch luxury hotels and cultural heritage sites. Via a diverse selection of Havana homes, hotels, gathering places, and more, Inside Havana takes you deep into the heart of the city.
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Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Few island nations have stirred the soul like Cuba. From Hemingway's intoxicating Havana to Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club, outsiders have persistently been fascinated by Cuba for its music (jazz to rumba), its rich literature, its art and dance (danzón to mambo) and perhaps above all for its bold experiment of a socialist revolution in action. Antoni Kapcia shows how the thaw in relations between Cuba and the USA now makes a fresh appraisal...
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Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
An extraordinary and unique piece that takes you from the streets of Havana to the back stairs and dressing rooms of a concert hall, into churches and smoky clubs. A rare panorama of Cuban music and dance from the 1960's. Features legendary Cuban musicians as well as vibrant spontaneous performances. Captures the mood and vitality of Cuba during its golden time period.
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