RESCHEDULED Film Screening:
{New Date = Monday, March 16th!}

Buena Vista Social Club

(Wim Wenders, 1999, 105 min, USA/Cuba, English & Spanish w/ English subtitles, Color, DVD)

--Winner of Best Documentary at the 2000 European Film Awards

Panel discussion to follow with:

-- Eric Oberstein, Associate Director of Duke Performances

-- Heather Settle, Director of Academic Engagement, Global and Civic Opportunities in the Office for Global Education

-- David Font-Navarrete, Lecturing Fellow with the Thompson Writing Program

In 1996 Ry Cooder gathered together some of the greatest names from the history of Cuban music to collaborate on the best selling and Grammy winning album The Buena Vista Social Club. This ground-breaking documentary, inspired by the album, includes appearances by legendary performers Ry & Joaquim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzales, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo and many other renowned Cuban Musicians.

--Free admission, parking passes to Bryan Center Parking Deck, and snacks!

Cost: Free and Open to the Public

Sponsors: The Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), and the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS).