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ADVENTURES OF JUAN QUIN QUIN
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Julio Garcia Espinosa's irresistible satire follows a farmer who joins the revolution. In Spanish with optional English subtitles. Julio Garcia Espinosa---Cuba---1967---104 mins.
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AFRO-CUBA: YESTERDAY & TODAY
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Two exciting, colorful films spotlight the African roots of Cuba's culture by focusing on two legendary artists. Afro-Cuban mythology plays a major part in The Last Rumba of Papa Montero (Octavio Cortazar, Martinique/Cuba, 1992, 52 mins.), a film about the rhythmic dance style known as the Rumba and the legendary rumbero, Papa Montero, who was assassinated during Carnival. Told through beautiful images, sensual music, and exciting dance performances, this story captures the traditions of Cuban life as it guides the main character to his fate. Next, the multilayered documentary Sara Gomez: An Afro-Cuban Filmmaker (Alessandra Muller, Switzerland/Cuba, 2005, 76 mins.), focuses on the biography of Cuba's first female director. Though trained in ethnography, Gomez later turned to making films that reflect her interests in Afro-Cuban culture and women's issues. In Spanish with English subtitles. Octavio Cortazar/Alessandra Muller---Martinique/Cuba/Switzerland---1992/2005---128 mins.
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ALICE IN WONDERTOWN (ALICIA EN EL PUEBLO DE MARAVILLAS )
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"To Cuban cinema what The Birth of a Nation was to U.S. cinema: the most controversial film in the history of the nation," wrote Cineaste about this comic satire loosely based on Lewis Carroll's classic. Thais Valdes plays Alicia, a drama teacher who dispatched to the small town of Maravillas, where absurdities of every variety are viewed as completely commonplace by the peculiar townspeople. As Alicia soon discovers, the local population consists of expelled politicos and workers who were in need of additional indoctrinating. Winner of the Peace Film Award at the 1991 Berlin Film Festival. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Daniel Diaz Torres---Cuba---1991---90 mins.
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AMADA
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Eslinda Nunez stars in this "passionate" (New York Times) drama set during World War I. Suffering an unfaithful husband, Amada falls for her cousin, a young radical named Marcial, who showers her with his idealism and unbridled enthusiasm. Co-starring Cesar Evora. In Spanish with English Humberto Solas---Cuba---1982---105 mins.
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BITTER SUGAR
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This visceral, energizing look at contemporary Cuba is an impassioned love story set against the political and economic tensions of Havana. Gustavo, an ideal young Communist with a glorified vision of Castro's regime, falls in love with Yolanda, a disenchanted dancer who longs to escape to Miami. Despite their radically opposed beliefs, the young couple is inseparable. The city begins to erupt around Gustavo when his rebellious musician brother injects himself with the AIDS virus in suicidal protest, and his father realizes that he will earn more money as a hotel bar pianist than as a doctor. In Spanish Leon Ichaso---Cuba---1996---102 mins.
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CECILIA
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From Humberto Solas comes this Cannes Film Festival hit about a love affair that transcends class boundaries. Set in 1830s Cuba, a boy from a wealthy family falls for a gorgeous, but poor girl, prompting his father to force him towards marriage with a woman befitting his social standing. This creative melodrama was highly controversial upon its release. In Spanish with English Humberto Solas---Cuba---1981---127 mins.
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CLANDESTINOS (1987)
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One of the most successful Cuban films of all-time, this romantic political thrillers tells the story of two young revolutionaries whose zeal for working at an underground press in 1950s Havana is quickly channeled into sexual passion. But will love be enough to save them from Batista's secret police? Starring Luis Alberto Garcia and Isabel Santos, who won a Best Actress Award at the 1987 Havana Film Festival. In Spanish with English subtitles. Fernando Perez---Cuba---1987---89 mins.
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CUANDO LAS MUJERES MANDAN
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Tin Tan (German Valdez) leads the charge in this hilarious battle-of-the-sexes comedy about male survivors of a passenger jet crash who discover an island colony governed exclusively by women. In Spanish WITHOUT English subtitles. Jose Gonzales Prieto---Cuba / Mexico---1950---89 mins.
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CUBAN MASTERWORKS COLLECTION
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Five restored classics from revolutionary Cuba, including the Tomas Guitierrez Alea comedy, The Twelve Chairs (1962, 90 mins.), about the hunt for the jewels of a dying rich woman; Julio Garcia Espinosa's irresistible satire that follows a farmer who joins the revolution in The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin (1967, 104 mins.); Humberto Solas' Cecilia (1981, 127 mins.), a Cannes Film Festival hit about a love affair that transcends class boundaries; Eslinda Nunez stars in Amada (Humberto Solas, 1982, 105 mins.), a fil m about an unhappy marriage and the power of idealism; and the Havanna Film Festival Grand Prize Winner A Successful Man (Humberto Solas, 1986, 103 mins.), a historical drama chronicling the lives of two polarized brothers in pre-revolutionary Cuba. In Spanish with optional English subtitles. Tomas Gutierrez Alea/Julio Garcia Espinosa/Humberto Solas---Cuba---1962-1986---529 mins.
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CUBAN PEOPLE SIGHTS SOUNDS
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A fascinating journey through Cuba's beautiful skies, green hills and vast miles of sugar cane fields set to the indigenous sounds of the island's diverse culture. 30 mins.
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CUBAN PEOPLE: HISTORY CULTURE
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Cuba's unique history and cultural heritage are explored in this short documentary. From the Spanish colonization to the the present, the rich influences that have contributed to the island's diversity are traced. 30
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CUBAN REVOLUTION: AN EXCLUSIVE FACETS 2-PACK
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Cuban director Jorge Ulla chronicles the effects of Castro's Revolution from the outside in these two compelling films: Guiguasi and Nobody Listened.
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ENTRE CICLONES
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During a destructive hurricane season in Cuba, an enterprising student labors to repair his roof and keep his romantic affairs in order. Enrique Colina directs a bittersweet drama about the eternal struggle between the pragmatic and the romantic. In Spanish with English subtitles. Enrique Colina---Cuba/Spain---2003---119 mins.
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FREE HAVANA (DVD-R)
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Gay Rights is an issue heard around the world, including Cuba. Free Havana paints a vivid picture of what it has been like to be gay in Cuba through the candid stories of six gay and lesbian individuals.
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HABANA BLUES
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Ruy (Alberto Joe Garcia Osorio) and Tito (Roberto Sanmartin) are two best friends struggling to make it big playing rock music infused with some Cuban soul. Their passion is recognized by friends and family members who support their dream, but prospects of actual international stardom could tear them apart. "An enjoyably anarchic love letter to the never-say-die spirit of Cuba and to music as a way of life" (Variety). Winner of Goya Awards for Best Editing and Original Score, and nominated for Best Director. In Spanish with English Subtitles. Benito Zambrano---Spain/Cuba---2005---115 mins.
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HE WHO HITS FIRST, HITS TWICE: THE URGENT CINEMA OF SANTIAGO ALVAREZ
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Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez is best known for a series of revolutionary political documentaries that he completed after co-founding the Instituto del Arte y Industria Cinematograficos. His films are marked by manic pacing, idiosyncratic editing, creative sound design, and bold political content. This anthology includes eight of Alvarez's key works.
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HELLO, HEMINGWAY
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Set in Havana in the 1950s, Hello Hemingway looks at a young girl (Laura De la Uz) who daydreams of coming to America despite her family's lowly economic status and her country's political situation. Nevertheless, she culls inspiration from the author of The Old Man and the Sea and strives for a better future. Directed by Fernando Perez (Suite Habana), who "beautifully interweaves complex moods as his film ranges over personal and social upheaval" (Time Out New York). In Spanish with English subtitl es. Fernando Perez---Cuba---1990---84 mins.
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HISTORY OF CUBA (ENGLISH)
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Because of Cuba's unique history as a crossroads for people from many different locations, the country has forged a culture that is unique in the world. This program explores and celebrates the diversity at the heart of Cuban society. 40 mins.
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LAST CUBAN REVOLUTION
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An incisive look at Cuba as it enters the 21st century, this short documentary examines the crossroads that the island nation faces in new millennium and charts the varied ideologies - some successful, some not - that shaped Cuba's past. 40 mins.
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LIFE IS TO WHISTLE
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Sensual and vibrant, Life Is to Whistle weaves a tale of mystical realism surrounding three characters in an allegory of life in Castro's Cuba. Three orphans are torn between passion and repression as they act out the stories shared by a magical narrator. "Its surrealist imagery, inspired by Magritte paintings, lends it a thread of visual zaniness...the throbbing music of Bola de Nieve and Benny More, which punctuates the film, makes its erotic pulse race even faster" (Stephen Holden, The New York Times). In Spanis h Fernando Perez---Cuba---1998---106 mins.
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