‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Music Speaks for Itself in Wenders Documentary

Wim Wenders’s 1999 documentary Buena Vista Social Club stands apart from other concert films such as Dont Look Back, Bittersweet Motel, Gimme Shelter, and Rattle and Hum. While for the most part audiences know of Bob Dylan, Phish, The Rolling Stones, and U2, respectively, most of them do not know of the ensemble gathered to…