With images similar to Buena Vista Social Club, but with far less historical resonance, Cuba is both a travelogue and a celebration.
Cuba: Island of Music (2004)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:7
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.1/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release:Jan 16, 2004 Limited
Reviews for Cuba: Island of Music
Even with all that movin' and shakin' going on, the goings-on here can get pretty boring.
The music is what really matters to him, and that's where Keys and the musicians he features really deliver.
Cuba: Island of Music is enjoyable as a primer in Afrocentric music and dance. As a political statement, however, it's pretty much of a dud.
Feels more like a home movie than the work of a veteran documentary filmmaker, lecturer, and college professor.
Conveys the irrepressible joy, resolve and conviction of the Cuban people despite the decades of economic deprivation and psychological intimidation of the U.S. embargo
This musical documentary, which offers a musical mosaic of Afro-Cuban styles, could be described as a basic course: Afro-Cuban music 101.
The analytical discussions don't run very deep, but eyes will shine and toes will tap whenever this picture is shown.
An odd blend of passionate performance footage and maddeningly shallow analysis of Cuba's music and politics.
Despite its clumsy, unenlightening interviews, this documentary does convey the infectious felt rhythms of Cuba.
Keys seems to understand that the global appeal of Cuban music is directly proportional to its multiculturality.
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