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- 2004
- 1 h 35 m
- 2004
- 1 h 35 m
Summary This documentary examines contemporary Cuban music and its Afro-Latino roots
- 2004
- 1 h 35 m
- 2004
- 1 h 35 m
Cuba: Island of Music
54
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Summary This documentary examines contemporary Cuban music and its Afro-Latino roots
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
54
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
13% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
54
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
13% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The analytical discussions don't run very deep, but eyes will shine and toes will tap whenever this picture is shown.
Keys takes a scattershot approach to Cuban music, filming not only specific artists, like Los Cohibas and Los Zafiros, but also street musicians in the barrio and just about everywhere else he can find them.
Even if you think you know a little something about world music, Cuba's cultural riches may come as a surprise.
As one man's vacation video, it's outstanding, but as a documentary, it lacks verve, stylistically or journalistically.
A toe-tapping, booty- shaking look at Cubans' love of music that gets bogged down in political thoughts that go unexplored.
An odd blend of passionate performance footage and maddeningly shallow analysis of Cuba's music and politics.
The movie is dismally organized, his (Keys) interviews are shallow and uninformative, and the project has a whole lacks a strong point of view.
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