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Documentaries like Buena Vista Social Club

Not everyone loves Buena Vista Social Club for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Buena Vista Social Club

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it.

  2. You want old musicians telling their own stories to the camera.

  3. You like simply walking a city with a few old men.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • The Beatles: Get Back2021

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it
    • simply walking a city with a few old men

    Good for you if you like watching songs like Get Back take shape from nothing.

  • Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten2007

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it
    • old musicians telling their own stories to the camera
    • simply walking a city with a few old men

    Good for you if you love the Clash and punk.

  • Let It Be1970

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it
    • old musicians telling their own stories to the camera

    Good for you if you want to watch the Beatles build songs from scratch.

  • Ennio2022

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it
    • old musicians telling their own stories to the camera

    Good for you if you want to hear how a theme was built, instrument by instrument.

  • Heima2007

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it

    Good for you if you love Sigur Rós and slow, soaring music.

  • Wandering Stars2019

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it
    • old musicians telling their own stories to the camera
    • simply walking a city with a few old men

    Good for you if you like watching French rap being written and recorded.

  • Súbete a mi moto2020

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it
    • old musicians telling their own stories to the camera

    Good for you if you like the story of a real band told by the man who built it.

  • Cuba and the Cameraman2017

    • old musicians telling their own stories to the camera
    • simply walking a city with a few old men

    Good for you if you want ordinary Cuban lives filmed over more than forty years.

  • Imagine: John Lennon1988

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it
    • old musicians telling their own stories to the camera
    • simply walking a city with a few old men

    Good for you if you love the Beatles and Lennon's solo songs.

  • The Boy from Medellín2020

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it
    • old musicians telling their own stories to the camera
    • simply walking a city with a few old men

    Good for you if you like reggaeton and want to see a stadium show come together.

  • Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul2005

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it
    • old musicians telling their own stories to the camera

    Good for you if you love discovering music you've never heard, from rock to arabesque.

  • Marley2012

    • Cuban son played by the men who grew up with it
    • old musicians telling their own stories to the camera

    Good for you if you like reggae and want to know where these songs came from.

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