Fri, 29 Aug
|Bellingen
Festival of Latino Cinema - Buena Vista Social Club, preceded by live music, dinner from 5pm.
A hopeful gesture of cultural outreach set to an irresistible soundtrack, Buena Vista Social Club is an enriching and zesty experience. Special menu of Latin food from 5pm, live music from 5:30, film at 7pm
Time & Location
29 Aug 2025, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bellingen, 87 Hyde St, Bellingen NSW 2454, Australia
Guests
About the event
Film preceded by Live music 5:30-7pm
Salvatore Rossano (accordion - voice - guitar) and Emiliano Beltzer (guitar - voice - bass) from Santa Taranta present a blend of original and traditional music from Latin America in this special cinematic show with projections.
Documentary 105 min
With a small film crew, Wim Wenders accompanied his old friend Ry Cooder, who had previously written the music for PARIS, TEXAS and END OF VIOLENCE, on a trip to Havana. Cooder wanted to record his material for Ibrahim Ferrer’s solo album at a studio there—following the first “Buena Vista Social Club” CD (which had not yet been released at that time). Wenders immersed himself in the world of Cuban music. Over the course of several months, he observed and accompanied the musicians—first at home in Havana and then, weeks later, in April 1998, on their trip to Amsterdam for the first public performance of…