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100
Viewer score based on 1 vote.

Critic Score

81
Critics' score based on 19 reviews.
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A poetry of love, longing and affirmation bleeds through the music of Cuba, and some of the best sounds the island ever created are captured with embracing humanity.Full Review

Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle

I've never seen another movie that so clearly expresses the sensual sustenance that great folk culture provides its practitioners.Full Review

Peter Rainer
New York Magazine

Being able to hear this kind of playing is a special moment in time, one we don't want to end and one that we're privileged to experience.Full Review

Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times

The concert scenes find the stage awash in such intense joy, camaraderie and nationalist pride that you become convinced that making music is a key to longevity and spiritual well-being.Full Review

Stephen Holden
The New York Times

Feels like a timeless blast from the past.Full Review

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