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Buena Vista Social Club Movies

Posted by lancelot69 at Dec. 29, 2009

Buena Vista Social Club [1999]
English | AVI/Xvid | 720x576 (4:3) | 25.000 fps | MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch 192 kbps 44 KHz | 1.20 GB | 1h 45mn
Genre:Documentary, Music

A group of legendary Cuban musicians, some as old as their nineties, were brought together by Ry Cooder to record a CD. In this film, we see and hear some of the songs being recorded in Havana. There is also footage from concerts in Amsterdam and New York City's Carnegie Hall. In addition, many of the individual musicians talk about their lives in Cuba and about how they got started in music.

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(Wim WENDERS) Buena Vista Social Club [DVDrip] 1999 Movies

Posted by galmuchet at Nov. 15, 2009

(Wim WENDERS) Buena Vista Social Club [DVDrip] 1999
RIP+UP | XviD-1487 | ac3@448 | 688x368 | Spanish, english (French, English, Portuguese sub in file) | DVD Cover & Sticker | 1h41 | 1.4 Gb
Germany_USA_UK_France_Cuba 1999
Director Wim WENDERS
Music Jerry BOYS, Rail ROGUT, Ry COODER

Buena Vista Social Club (1999) is a documentary film by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. It is named for the Buena Vista Social Club in Havana, a hotspot for Cuban music in the 1940s. The film documents how Ry Cooder, long-time friend of Wenders, brought together legendary Cuban musicians to record an album (also called Buena Vista Social Club), and to perform a concert in the United States. Although they are geographically close, travel between Cuba and the United States is restricted due to the political tension between the two countries, so many of the artists were travelling there for the first time. The film shows their reactions to this experience, as well as including footage of the resultant sell-out concert. It also includes interviews with each of the main performers. It made the musicians, some of them already in their nineties, known to a worldwide audience, and some went on to release popular solo albums; these included Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo, Rubén González and Elíades Ochoa.The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature in 2000. [1] It won as best documentary in the European Film Awards as well as many others. The album Buena Vista Social Club features studio versions of the music heard in the movie.

Buena Vista Social Club est un film documentaire allemand, sur la musique cubaine, réalisé et écrit par Wim Wenders, sorti en 1999 en Allemagne et en France. D'abord projeté au Berlinale, il a ensuite participé à de nombreux festivals internationaux tels que le Festival international du film de Jakarta, le Festival international du film norvégien ou encore le Festival international du film de Singapour. Ce film retrace l'enregistrement d'un CD par le groupe Buena Vista Social Club associé à des archives et des interviews. Principalement tourné à La Havane, Buena Vista Social Club est le trente sixième film de Wim Wenders, après, entre autres, Jusqu'au bout du monde (1991), Les Ailes du désir (1987) ou encore Au fil du temps (1976). Buena Vista Social Club a été acclamé par la critique et par le public, de manière moins marquée.

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#chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator (2013) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Dec. 13, 2016

From her childhood bedroom in the Chicago suburbs, an American teenage girl uses social media to run the revolution in Syria. Armed with Facebook, Twitter, Skype and cameraphones, she helps her social network in Damascus and Homs braves snipers and shelling in the streets and the world the human rights atrocities of one of the most brutal dictators. But as the revolution rages on, everyone in the network must decide what is the most effective way to fight a dictator: social media or AK-47s.

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Social Nightmare (2013) (Repost) Movies

Posted by Limon4iK at June 12, 2016

Social Nightmare (2013)
BRRip | AVI / XVID@1598 Kbps | 720x400 | 01:31:31 | 1.15 GB
English: MP-3, 192 Kbps (2 channels)
Genre: Drama, Mystery

A student's chances of getting into a good college hang in the balance when inappropriate photos of her are posted on the Internet.

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Buena Vista Social Club (1999) Movies

Posted by Polik88 at March 28, 2013

Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
BDRip | MKV (H264) 29.970 fps 4858 Kbps | 1280x720 | 1h 40mn | 6.55 GB
Audio: Russian AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps
Audio: Spanish DTS 5.1 @ 1536 kbps
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 kbps
Subtitles: English, Russian, German
Genre: Documentary

Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.

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Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017) Movies

Posted by notbanned at April 22, 2018

For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home. Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle is a feature documentary directed by Paul Sng (Sleaford Mods - Invisible Britain) and narrated by Maxine Peake, exploring the catastrophic failures that have led to a chronic shortage of social housing in Britain. The film focuses on the neglect, demolition and regeneration of council estates across the UK and investigates how the state works with the private sector to demolish council estates to build on the land they stand on, making properties that are unaffordable to the majority of people.

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BBC - David Baddiel: Social Media, Anger and Us (2021) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Dec. 15, 2021

David Baddiel explores the impact social media is having on our behaviour, both online and off. A self-confessed Twitter addict, David is in no doubt that there are positive sides to these platforms – revolutionising communication, highlighting important issues and propelling social change. But he also believes there’s a darker side to the way we interact online – one where outrage and angry exchanges frequently dominate, with a negativity developing that spills offline and into real life. Ultimately, David asks whether something originally designed to help us talk to each other is just leading to everyone shouting at each other.

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The Social Network Movies

Posted by at April 19, 2025

The Social Network (2010)
In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.

Drama

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Anti-Social (2015) Movies

Posted by NaVi7 at Sept. 14, 2015

Anti-Social (2015)
HDRip | AVI / XviD, 1313 Kbps | 720x304 | 1h 56mn | 1.38 GB | English: AC3, 384 Kbps (6 ch) | Subtitles: None
WEB-DL 720p | MKV / AVC, 3865 Kbps | 1280x538 | 1h 56mn | 3.51 GB | English: AC3, 384 Kbps (6 ch) | Subtitles: None
Genre: Crime

Dee is an anarchic street-artist confronting the system, Marcus is an armed robber on a jewellery store crime-wave. For the two brothers, being Anti-Social is a way of life! Bound by an unyielding family loyalty they relentlessly carve their respective paths - and Dee finds acceptance in London's art-scene, while Marcus' smash-and-grab heists amass him a small fortune and his aspirations escalate. But when an ultra-violent gangland war erupts, Dee is suddenly forced to remember who he is - as Police and rival criminals close-in on the family and Marcus' gang defiantly prepare to take down the largest target of their careers.

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BBC - Inside the Social Network: Facebook's Difficult Year (2019) Movies

Posted by notbanned at July 17, 2019

Facebook is a company that has grown from nothing to be worth half a trillion dollars in just 15 years. Today nearly a third of all humans are using it, and yet we rarely get to see the people actually in charge of the biggest social network in the world. The company has suffered a series of deepening scandals and intense media scrutiny. In 2018, their mission - to connect everyone on the planet - seemed to be going dramatically wrong. Data leaks, fake news and hacks on user security were threatening to destroy everything Mark Zuckerberg had built.

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