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This is a famous photo of mine.
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Taken during the October missile
crisis outside the Hotel Riviera.
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The whole Malecon was full of
anti-aircraft guns and cannons.
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We were expecting a US invasion.
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I took this one in 1959,
in Washington.
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Fidel laid a wreath
before Abraham Lincoln.
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It's called 'David and Goliath'.
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The little man and the giant.
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These are Che Guevara and Fidel
playing golf.
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Who won?
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Fidel.
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Che let him win.
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Ah, the Buena Vista Social Club!
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Compay Segundo!
Hello!
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We should ask these people.
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Let's ask the old folks where
the Buena Vista Social Club is.
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He'll know.
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- We're looking for the Social Club.
- The Buena Vista?
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Oh, that's long gone.
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The Buena Vista was... let's see.
You go up that way...
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- It was No 48.
- Yes, but it's no longer there.
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OK, tell us where
it used to be.
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Look, you go up that way,
and you'll find it.
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- You used to dance there?
- Sure I did.
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I was born near there.
It's a private house now.
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Go on the dual carriageway.
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It's that house, the one with
a line painted on the door.
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It's been gone since 1944.
We've lived here since then.
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I remember they used to throw
parties at the Buena Vista.
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In its day, the best bands
in Cuba played there.
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Know what I eat when I've had
too much to drink? Chicken soup.
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You take a piece of chicken neck
and you fry it.
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When it's no longer bloody,
you toss in some chopped garlic.
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You can still see
part of the bar.
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You eat that and you won't
have a hangover.
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That's how I stay fit.
Best thing there is.
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From Alto Cedro,
I'm going to Marcané.
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I get to Cueto,
then go to Mayari.
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The love I have for you,
I cannot deny.
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My mouth is watering.
I can't help myself.
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Juanita and Chan Chan,
play together on the beach.
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How her bottom shakes.
How Chan Chan is aroused.
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Clear the path of dry cane leaves.
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Because I want to sit down
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On that trunk over there.
Or I might not make it.
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Asleep in my garden.
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Amid the gladioli and the roses.
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And the white lilies.
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My soul feels sad and heavy.
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From the flowers I wish to hide
my bitterpain.
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I don't want
the flowers to know...
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the torments
that life gives me.
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If they knew
what I'm suffering...
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for my sorrows,
they would cry as well.
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Silence,
for they are asleep.
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The gladioli and the lilies.
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I don't want them
to know my sorrows.
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For if they see me crying,
they'll die.
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Omara Portuondo!
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I, Ibrahim Ferrer Planas...
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was born in a small town,
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in Santiago de Cuba.
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San Luis.
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I am the son of Aurelia Ferrer.
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Registered as her natural son.
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I say this because...
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I'd like you all
to know from me...
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who I am and what I am.
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At the age of twelve...
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I lost my mother.
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I had already lost my father.
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I was an orphan.
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I was my mother's only child.
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So I had to look after myself.
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I was at school,
where I had friends.
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But I had to abandon
my studies then.
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Life at that time wasn't
what it is now.
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It was harder.
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You had to fend for yourself.
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Do you need a hand?
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Ruben and I were just
taking it easy.
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Ruben loves to improvise,
and so do I. Let things flow.
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So, I started singing.
I said Compadre, pick up this tune.
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Two Gardenias for you.
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With them I mean to say
I love you, I adore you.
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Pay them all your mind.
They'll be your heart and mine.
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Ry Cooder heard it, too.
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When he arrived, I had just sung
that number. To loosen up.
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And he recorded it.
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Two Gardenias for you.
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With them I mean to say...
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I love you.
I adore you.
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Pay them all your mind.
They'll be your heart and mine.
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Two gardenias for you.
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With all the warmth of a kiss.
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Kisses you'll never find
in the arms of another.
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They'll live beside you,
and talk to you as I do.
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And you'll believe they're saying
"I love you".
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But if one evening,
my love's gardenias should die.
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It's because they'll
have discovered...
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that you've betrayed me
for the love of another.
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My name is Omara Portuondo.
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I was born here in Havana
in the area known as Cayo Hueso.
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My father was a famous
baseball player.
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He was one of the first Cubans
to play outside his country.
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They took Cuban baseball
to the US.
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My parents used to relax after lunch
and sing a few songs.
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They would sing duets.
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And that's how my love of
Cuban music began.
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I started singing La Bayamesa
when I was a little girl.
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My father would sing the lead voice,
and I'd sing the back-up.
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The song I've recorded here,
Viente Anos...
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has won a Grammy.
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I've known it since
I was a child.
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What matter if I love you,
if you don't love me any more?
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A love which is in the past
should no longer be remembered.
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I was the love of your life,
once so very long ago.
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But now I'm part of the past,
and I can't agree to that.
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If all the things we want
were within our grasp...
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then you'd love me
still as much...
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as twenty years ago.
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With sadness we watch
our love fade away.
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A part of our souls
so heartlessly torn apart.
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Here on the beach,
how Maria enjoys herself.
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Here on the beach,
Maria, how you excite me.
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I was born in 1907.
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On the coast, by the sea.
In Siboney.
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I lived there with my father.
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He was a train driver,
in the magnesium mines.
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I lived in Siboney
until the age of nine.
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That's when my grandmother died.
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Then I moved to Santiago de Cuba
with my brothers.
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I wasn't allowed to leave Siboney
until my grandmother died.
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She put it this way:
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"Until I die, my grandson..."
that's me "... cannot leave my side".
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I used to light her cigars.
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I was only five.
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And she'd say "Light me a cigar".
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And I did, from the age of five.
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I'd light it, and my grandmother
would smoke it.
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So, you could say I've been
smoking for 85 years.
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I'll have to work hard.
Ry Cooder is here.
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On a tree trunk,
a young girl...
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carved her name with joy.
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And the tree,
touched to the core...
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let a flower fall
for the girl.
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I am the tree,
so sad and moved.
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You are the girl
who hurt me so.
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I'll always treasure
your dear name.
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But tell me, what became
of my poor flower?
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I learned that as a young boy.
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Music is so beautiful.
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My name is
Eliades Ochoa Bustamante.
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I was born in Santiago de Cuba
on June 22nd, 1946.
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My mother, Jacoba Bustamante,
played the tres.
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And so die my father.
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We were a musical family.
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I was born a country boy,
of course.
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From the moment I woke up,
I heard music.
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I had music in my blood.
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I heard music when I went to bed,
and music when I woke up.
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In 1958, I was no bigger
than a guitar.
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I started playing as a kid
all around Santiago.
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In the red light district.
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I played and passed the hat:
"Help Cuban musicians".
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That's how I made money.
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I took all the money home
to help my parents.
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Along the road by my house...
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a merry cart-driver went by.
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His songs came from the heart.
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Like a jolly country boy he sang.
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I'm going to the rail crossing,
to unload my cart.
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And so end another day
of this back-breaking task.
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I work without respite
so that I can get married.
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And if I can manage that
I'll be a lucky country lad.
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My days of passing the hat
are over.
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I'll never forget it,
but it's in the past now.
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I'm a country lad and cart-driver,
and in the country I live well.
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The country is the Garden of Eden,
the loveliest in the world.
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Let's ride our horses
to the mountains.
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Hello, how are you?
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We've been waiting ages.
You're late.
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I thought maybe the cops
were after you.
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Make yourselves at home.
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Once, in Santiago de Cuba,
my grandfather was...
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the president of
a French society.
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It was called 'EL Cocuye'.
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Once, a delegation of Africans
went to visit him there.
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One of the women became
Friendly with my mother.
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And when she left, she gave
my mother this staff.
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My mother was a firm believer
in this Lazarus.
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I have one the same.
And I believe in my Lazarus, too.
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We call him the Beggar.
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He's very powerful.
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He's the one who leads the way
and helps the poor.
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The other Lazarus is the same.
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But that's one I take with me.
The one who begs.
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I lay flowers for him.
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Sometimes I light a candle.
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I give him honey.
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See?
'It's bees' honey.
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I give him perfume.
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Lots of perfume.
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Every time I go out,
I spray him.
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And I spray myself.
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His little shot of rum.
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I like it, so I assume
he must like it, too.
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My wife makes him a meringues sometimes.
Know what that is?
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We put them here.
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We offer them to him.
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So that's how he gets
all these things.
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We Cubans can be thankful,
I don't know, to the Man up there...
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that we are the way we are.
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If we cared about possessions, we
would have disappeared long ago.
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But we Cubans are very fortunate.
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We're a small country.
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But we're very strong.
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We've learned how to resist...
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the good and the bad.
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Cienfuegos has its Guaguanco.
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Today I am very moved.
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I will sing to my land.
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To that famous region...
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known as the Pearl
of the South.
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That's the last one.
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It's the one Juan de Marcos wanted.
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My name is Ruben Gonzalez
Fontanells.
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I was born in Santa Clara,
in 1919.
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At the age of nine, I started
playing the piano.
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My family had bought a piano.
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It was a fine one, a John Stowers.
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It was also a pianola.
It sounded lovely.
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When I saw that instrument,
I went crazy.
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I really liked it.
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So I began practising
all the time.
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When my mother saw I had talent
and could become a great pianist...
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she arranged for me to study
with a teacher in Cienfuegos.
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I studied with her until
the eighth grade.
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She'd say to me "Ruben, you'll be
a good pianist.
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"You have great skill
with your hands".
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I was ignored, so I lost touch.
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00:45:49,250 --> 00:45:51,790
But I wasn't going to starve.
243
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:57,840
I polished shoes, cleaned the
streets, sold lottery tickets.
244
00:45:57,890 --> 00:46:00,520
I had a family to support.
245
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,640
I'm not ashamed to say that.
246
00:46:05,240 --> 00:46:09,000
We moved from Santa Clara
to Havana.
247
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:13,310
But being in the capital
made me feel insecure.
248
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:19,760
I said to myself "There are
lots of pianists in Havana".
249
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,120
So, I started studying
other things.
250
00:46:24,170 --> 00:46:27,310
Playing other instruments.
251
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:32,240
But it turned out that
one of my neighbours...
252
00:46:32,290 --> 00:46:37,720
was a man called came to know as Arsenio.
253
00:46:37,770 --> 00:46:40,245
He had a great band.
254
00:46:40,295 --> 00:46:42,687
And he heard me play.
255
00:46:42,737 --> 00:46:45,080
But Arsenio was blind.
256
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:48,720
Not from birth.
257
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,960
He had an accident
and lost his sight.
258
00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:54,790
Anyway, one day he said:
259
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:58,480
Ruben, would you like
to join my band?
260
00:46:58,530 --> 00:47:00,510
I said yes, of course.
261
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:04,960
He'd had a pianist who'd left.
262
00:47:05,010 --> 00:47:06,840
He'd gone to Europe.
263
00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:13,320
I played in Arsenio's band
for about four years.
264
00:47:13,370 --> 00:47:16,080
I had a few hits.
265
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:39,020
People always said Arsenio
liked to pick fights.
266
00:47:39,070 --> 00:47:43,360
He'd get really angry when
people argued back.
267
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,950
He'd stand there, listening.
268
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,360
Then leap in the direction
of the voice.
269
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,600
But of course, he was blind.
270
00:47:56,650 --> 00:47:58,720
So they'd all run away.
271
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:04,720
And whoever it was would say
"Quiet, don't let him catch me".
272
00:48:04,770 --> 00:48:07,040
And poor Arsenio would
stumble about.
273
00:48:07,090 --> 00:48:10,950
And get really angry.
274
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:14,200
Because people were
nasty to him.
275
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:20,240
He was a big fat guy,
taller than anyone.
276
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:22,960
He used to make me laugh.
277
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:26,800
I swear, I won't smoke again.
278
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:31,720
Well, just a little bit.
279
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:37,600
And I won't drink either.
No more of that.
280
00:48:37,650 --> 00:48:41,640
I used to drink a lot.
281
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:48,800
I've a good bodyguard here.
She won't let me.
282
00:48:56,720 --> 00:49:01,600
This is Arsenio Rodriguez
It's his best photo.
283
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:11,600
May 24, 1946.
284
00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:18,680
His band toured a lot in Mexico,
and in Venezuela.
285
00:49:19,240 --> 00:49:23,510
Most of them are dead now.
286
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:27,860
This one is still alive.
He's nearly 100.
287
00:49:27,910 --> 00:49:32,160
His name is Pascualito.
He plays the timbal.
288
00:49:32,210 --> 00:49:35,320
He died in Spain.
289
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:32,240
The one thing I don't want is to die.
Not yet, anyway.
290
00:50:32,290 --> 00:50:35,870
That Man up there,
and my wife here...
291
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:41,560
are making sure I'm still around
to enjoy myself.
292
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:47,880
You know, some people
don't have much time left.
293
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:53,440
As long as I have blood
in my veins...
294
00:50:53,490 --> 00:50:55,720
I'll go on loving women.
295
00:50:55,840 --> 00:51:00,590
Women, flowers and romance...
296
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:03,870
are the most beautiful things in life.
297
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:08,740
One night of romance...
that has no price.
298
00:51:08,790 --> 00:51:13,560
I haven't forgotten it,
and I'm 90 years old.
299
00:51:13,610 --> 00:51:15,870
I have five children.
300
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:22,040
You met Salvador and Basilio.
Salvador is the youngest.
301
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:27,600
I have five children.
But now I'm working on the sixth.
302
00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:32,520
I want to have one more.
303
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:43,600
See you some other day.
304
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:04,780
One day, out of the blue...
305
00:52:04,830 --> 00:52:08,520
there was a knock on my door.
306
00:52:08,570 --> 00:52:10,470
It was Juan de Marcos.
307
00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:14,240
I was shining my shoes at the time
He said "What are you doing?"
308
00:52:14,290 --> 00:52:17,870
I said
"I'm just shining my shoes".
309
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:24,160
He said "I've been looking for you.
Come with me".
310
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:27,310
I told him I didn't want
to sing any more.
311
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:32,880
But he said "No, man, I need you"
So I ask him when.
312
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:36,590
Tomorrow? I said.
And he said "No, right now".
313
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:40,520
Well, let me have a shower.
No, no, right now he said.
314
00:52:40,570 --> 00:52:43,765
All I had time for was
to wash my face...
315
00:52:43,815 --> 00:52:46,960
and wipe the shoe polish
off my hands.
316
00:52:47,010 --> 00:52:50,310
So we came here, to the Egrem.
317
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:55,160
And here, in the Egrem studios,
I found Eliades Ochoa.
318
00:52:55,920 --> 00:53:04,800
He was with Compay Segundo.
And Ruben was playing the piano.
319
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:09,120
When Ruben saw me,
he started playing...
320
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:17,670
That's a number I'd made
popular in Cuba.
321
00:53:17,720 --> 00:53:22,140
It's called Candela, by
Faustino Oramas 'EL Guayabero'.
322
00:53:22,190 --> 00:53:26,095
There goes a dancing rat,
having a whale of a time.
323
00:53:26,145 --> 00:53:30,000
While a mouse drums out a tune
to brighten up the day.
324
00:53:30,050 --> 00:53:32,945
A cat comes along, too.
So elegant and content.
325
00:53:32,995 --> 00:53:35,840
Good evening, friend
he says to the drummer.
326
00:53:35,890 --> 00:53:40,070
Anyway, I started singing.
327
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:45,280
And Ry, who was in the booth,
must have been listening.
328
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:48,710
He heard me...
329
00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:52,360
and decided to record it.
330
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:56,960
So I said OK.
And we recorded it.
331
00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:59,800
And that is how it all started.
332
00:53:59,960 --> 00:54:02,680
Fire! Fire!
I'm burning up!
333
00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:07,880
Faustino Oramas and friends,
put this fire out forme!
334
00:54:10,720 --> 00:54:17,240
Just dial seven zeros
and the firemen will be right here.
335
00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:30,710
My name is Orlando López 'Cachaito'.
336
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:35,440
I want to tell you how
I became a musician.
337
00:55:35,490 --> 00:55:38,510
I started playing I was nine.
338
00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:44,880
When I was 11, I joined
my aunt's orchestra.
339
00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:48,840
Starting with my great-grandfather,
we all play the bass in the family.
340
00:55:48,890 --> 00:55:51,910
I was going to study the violin.
341
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:57,640
But my grandfather said I had to
play the bass. You know how it is.
342
00:55:57,690 --> 00:56:01,640
I was a bit of afraid of the bass.
343
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:05,120
But in the end I got used to it.
344
00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:09,950
My style of playing is...
345
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:14,440
Well, I need to concentrate.
I love this instrument.
346
00:56:14,490 --> 00:56:21,245
I've studied classical music,
every genre.
347
00:56:21,295 --> 00:56:28,000
I don't know, to me music
is like a game.
348
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:35,000
I've played with many orchestras
in my time.
349
00:56:35,050 --> 00:56:37,110
And this is how I met Ruben.
350
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:41,120
I'd played with so many pianists,
And he was the only one missing.
351
00:56:41,170 --> 00:56:45,000
Now it turns out we're a great duo.
352
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:49,320
My great strength is that
I have a good ear.
353
00:56:49,370 --> 00:56:52,750
I can also sight-read very fast.
354
00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:57,880
So before he plays a note,
I already have it in mind.
355
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:55,670
My name is Amadito Valdes.
I am percussionist.
356
00:59:55,720 --> 01:00:00,360
I use my father's name as he was
my source of inspiration.
357
01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:03,110
I followed in his footsteps.
358
01:00:03,160 --> 01:00:08,560
In the field of percussion,
the timbal is very limited.
359
01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:14,040
Whoever plays it must be
very aware of that...
360
01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:18,310
and use his imagination.
361
01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:22,120
Because this is an instrument
which is rather limited...
362
01:00:22,170 --> 01:00:25,800
in its physical design,
you could say.
363
01:00:25,850 --> 01:00:28,870
It's a humble instrument.
364
01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:32,200
But one that lends
a lovely color...
365
01:00:32,250 --> 01:00:34,880
to popular dance music.
366
01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:07,160
My name is Manuel Mirabal Vazquez
better know as 'EL Guajiro'.
367
01:01:07,210 --> 01:01:10,110
I started playing at
the age 18.
368
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:13,360
So I've been playing the trumpet
for 47 years.
369
01:01:13,410 --> 01:01:16,510
It was great playing with
all the compañeros.
370
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:21,600
If it hadn't been for the Buena Vista,
they would have been forgotten.
371
01:01:21,650 --> 01:01:28,040
No one would remember Ibrahim,
Ruben, Compay Segundo.
372
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:32,640
To see Compay, at the age of 90,
playing the tres so well.
373
01:01:32,690 --> 01:01:35,640
And Ruben playing the piano.
374
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:42,600
I think this is the key to
the success of these recordings.
375
01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:49,390
My name is Barbaro Alberto
Torres Delgado.
376
01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:53,040
In musical jargon, everyone
knows me as 'Barbarito Torres'.
377
01:02:58,160 --> 01:03:03,560
I've played Cuban country music
since I was ten.
378
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:08,280
I play the laud, which is
Arabic in origin.
379
01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:14,640
The Moors took it to Spain
where it was modified.
380
01:03:14,690 --> 01:03:20,870
There they made a laud
with a longer neck.
381
01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:24,120
The medieval troubadours
introduced it to Cuba...
382
01:03:24,170 --> 01:03:26,710
where is modified again.
383
01:03:26,760 --> 01:03:32,800
This resulted in the Cuban laud
which is the one I play.
384
01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:12,470
Tula's bedroom
has gone up in flames.
385
01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:16,520
She fell asleep
without blowing out the candle.
386
01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:19,280
Call the firemen.
387
01:04:19,330 --> 01:04:21,640
Bring lots of hoses.
388
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:26,520
Tell them Tula's bedroom
has gone up in flames.
389
01:05:54,280 --> 01:05:57,320
Barbarito is on the loose!
390
01:05:58,160 --> 01:06:00,040
He's crazy.
391
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:03,800
Arrest him.
392
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:42,520
My name is Pio Leyva.
393
01:07:42,570 --> 01:07:45,040
'EL Montunero de Cuba'.
394
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:49,920
My name is Manuel Licea,
'Puntillita'.
395
01:08:05,240 --> 01:08:08,400
Domino!
Can't you see I'm a phenomenon?
396
01:08:08,450 --> 01:08:11,745
You can't beat me, Puntillita.
397
01:08:11,795 --> 01:08:15,040
At dominoes, I'm number one.
398
01:08:15,960 --> 01:08:21,440
You might be the best singer.
But at dominoes, I'm the best.
399
01:08:21,490 --> 01:08:25,320
- Shall we join them?
- Wait till they call us.
400
01:08:25,370 --> 01:08:28,070
Hey, come to the studio!
401
01:08:28,120 --> 01:08:33,200
Now I'm thrashing this guy at dominoes,
I must go to the studio.
402
01:08:33,250 --> 01:08:36,760
- OK, you're winning three-two.
- We'll continue later.
403
01:08:36,810 --> 01:08:41,600
Let's see how the recording
is going.
404
01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:49,120
- See? You can't play with me.
- Man, give me a chance.
405
01:08:51,200 --> 01:08:54,230
I'm happy to have had
the opportunity...
406
01:08:54,280 --> 01:08:57,510
to co-ordinate and take part in
this project.
407
01:08:57,560 --> 01:09:01,360
It's brought together all the
great names of Cuban music...
408
01:09:01,410 --> 01:09:05,240
who'd been practically
forgotten here.
409
01:09:05,290 --> 01:09:09,390
People like Ruben Gonzalez...
410
01:09:09,440 --> 01:09:14,320
one of the three greatest
son piano players of all times.
411
01:09:14,800 --> 01:09:18,960
Ibrahim Ferrer, one of the greatest
Cuban singers ever...
412
01:09:19,010 --> 01:09:23,120
who had sadly been forgotten
for more than ten years.
413
01:09:25,200 --> 01:09:28,720
And people like Puntillita,
Pio Leyva...
414
01:09:28,770 --> 01:09:31,390
Compay Segundo, Eladies Ochoa.
415
01:09:31,440 --> 01:09:35,960
This album will have
an enormous impact...
416
01:09:36,010 --> 01:09:39,920
on Cuban music.
417
01:10:33,320 --> 01:10:36,000
Recording, please.
418
01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:45,560
There's a party at the ranch
of compadre Don Ramón.
419
01:10:54,040 --> 01:11:00,800
The roastpig is ready.
The locals are on their way.
420
01:11:01,360 --> 01:11:08,280
They're bringing the house down
for Don Ramón's birthday.
421
01:11:08,600 --> 01:11:16,160
The Comay dancers are coming.
All the roads are jammed.
422
01:11:22,920 --> 01:11:29,920
The bongo, triple and guiro
have all begun to play.
423
01:13:31,880 --> 01:13:37,350
Your kisses rained down
in a tempest of love...
424
01:13:37,400 --> 01:13:43,760
With uncontrollable desires
to join our lives in love.
425
01:13:43,810 --> 01:13:46,440
Yet in spite ofit all.
426
01:13:46,480 --> 01:13:50,240
Your departure was my downfall.
427
01:13:52,080 --> 01:13:55,280
The end of all my dreams.
428
01:13:58,120 --> 01:14:03,040
And they will not be revived
unless that day returns.
429
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:12,960
That day...
430
01:14:13,680 --> 01:14:17,040
of our last meeting...
431
01:14:17,080 --> 01:14:19,280
in love.
432
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:31,440
Whenever I ask you
how, when and where...
433
01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:38,320
you always answer
"Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps".
434
01:21:31,920 --> 01:21:34,840
Look, what a beautiful building.
435
01:21:36,200 --> 01:21:38,200
It's extraordinary.
436
01:21:39,480 --> 01:21:42,440
- And these avenues are so beautiful.
- Just imagine!
437
01:21:57,800 --> 01:22:01,000
You're calling Cuba?
438
01:22:09,360 --> 01:22:11,280
So much activity.
439
01:22:15,240 --> 01:22:17,600
Look at the gun that guy has.
440
01:22:27,760 --> 01:22:30,160
All the greats are there.
441
01:22:30,210 --> 01:22:32,510
That's Charlie Chaplin.
442
01:22:32,560 --> 01:22:37,800
- Laurel and Hardy. Remember them?
- The fat guy and the thin guy.
443
01:22:40,160 --> 01:22:43,800
And this is one of the
great trumpet players.
444
01:22:44,560 --> 01:22:46,400
Which one is he?
445
01:22:46,880 --> 01:22:49,950
Who was the greatest
trumpet player?
446
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:53,070
The one who used to
play under the stars.
447
01:22:53,120 --> 01:22:58,920
And played the highest note ever
at that time.
448
01:23:00,240 --> 01:23:02,510
This one was blind, remember?
449
01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:07,360
- He was a pianist. And her?
- She must have been famous.
450
01:23:07,410 --> 01:23:10,120
It says it here.
451
01:23:12,360 --> 01:23:14,720
They're all here.
452
01:23:34,560 --> 01:23:41,240
- Who's the one in the middle?
- The one with the saxophone?
453
01:23:41,560 --> 01:23:44,160
See if I can remember his face.
454
01:23:56,040 --> 01:23:59,280
This is the life!
455
01:24:00,240 --> 01:24:02,710
This is so beautiful.
456
01:24:02,760 --> 01:24:07,360
You can see the whole of New York
from up here, like from the plane.
457
01:24:07,410 --> 01:24:10,440
There's a plane taking off now.
458
01:24:15,480 --> 01:24:19,480
They won't fly over
this building.
459
01:24:56,120 --> 01:24:58,480
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
460
01:25:23,040 --> 01:25:28,000
I thought the Statue of Liberty
had a crown.
461
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:34,640
You can't see it from here.
You should look through the viewer.
462
01:25:34,690 --> 01:25:37,800
You can't see the crown
from here.
463
01:25:37,850 --> 01:25:40,070
Yes, you need to get closer.
464
01:25:40,120 --> 01:25:45,160
- At least we know where it is.
- That's right.
465
01:26:51,240 --> 01:26:53,440
Let's move into the sun.
466
01:26:53,840 --> 01:26:57,680
You want sun?
Let's go.
467
01:26:58,520 --> 01:27:01,520
Ruben, had you ever been here?
468
01:27:01,720 --> 01:27:05,920
- Yes, many years ago.
- Who were you with?
469
01:27:05,970 --> 01:27:10,120
Oh no, not up here.
I went to the Statue.
470
01:27:11,720 --> 01:27:16,440
- But who did you go with?
- With some tourists.
471
01:27:17,640 --> 01:27:19,950
Was that in the 1920s?
472
01:27:20,000 --> 01:27:23,760
I don't know.
I was about 30, and now I'm 80.
473
01:30:15,480 --> 01:30:18,720
I want you to know
this is the first time...
474
01:30:19,160 --> 01:30:22,520
that I find myself in New York,
in the US.
475
01:30:23,440 --> 01:30:25,700
I've always longed...
476
01:30:25,750 --> 01:30:27,960
to see this city.
477
01:30:28,280 --> 01:30:31,680
I'm not an American,
And I can't speak English.
478
01:30:31,730 --> 01:30:36,205
But I'll learn a few words soon.
479
01:30:36,255 --> 01:30:40,680
So I can hold my own
in this place.
480
01:30:52,360 --> 01:30:58,000
I wish I could bring my wife
and children to see this.
481
01:30:58,120 --> 01:31:01,320
So they could see how
beautiful it is.
482
01:31:03,760 --> 01:31:06,640
This is so lovely, so lovely.
483
01:31:07,160 --> 01:31:09,470
Look, Radio City.
484
01:31:09,520 --> 01:31:12,800
At least I'm getting to see it.
485
01:31:19,960 --> 01:31:25,920
I'm so happy to be here.
I never could have imagined.
486
01:31:48,400 --> 01:31:53,440
So beautiful.
I'm really happy.
487
01:31:53,680 --> 01:31:56,480
About two years ago.
488
01:31:56,530 --> 01:31:59,280
I decided to retire.
489
01:31:59,880 --> 01:32:02,720
I didn't want to sing any more
I was very disillusioned.
490
01:32:02,770 --> 01:32:06,880
Life can be very hard.
491
01:32:07,440 --> 01:32:13,280
I was tired of singing and
not earning anything.
492
01:34:19,200 --> 01:34:24,520
I tell you, my staff is
like my mother.
493
01:34:24,570 --> 01:34:27,160
It's been with me for 58 years.
494
01:34:28,680 --> 01:34:32,120
And that's how long
my mother's been dead.
495
01:34:37,093 --> 01:34:41,813
Ibrahim Ferrer
(February 20, 1927 – August 6, 2005)
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01:35:04,000 --> 01:35:08,120
This Revolution is eternal
497
01:35:37,480 --> 01:35:39,520
Karl Marx
498
01:35:49,400 --> 01:35:52,760
We believe in dreams
476
01:35:53,900 --> 01:36:23,800
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