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7 DIAS 7 NOCHES

February 20, 2014

A film on the lives of three women who live in contemporary Cuba. Copies: 1 (DVD+R); Length: 106 minutes

CASA VIEJA

February 20, 2014

In the film, Esteban returns home due to his father’s illness. Existential conflicts come back to life because little has changed since his departure. Copies: 1 (DVD+R); Length: About 100 minutes

HABANASTATION

February 20, 2014

Habanastation is a 2011 Cuban drama film directed by Ian Padron. Filmed in a slum in western Havana, the film addresses inequalities in Cuba through the relationship between two children of different social strata. The film was selected as the … Read more

BOLETO AL PARAISO

February 20, 2014

Cuba, 1993. Eunice, a motherless teenager, seeks to escape her father’s sexual harassment. So, she seeks out her sister who lives in a town near the capital. Alejandro, a young rock ‘n’ roll singer, is tired of being discriminated against. … Read more

WHICH WAY HOME

January 16, 2014

Title: WHICH WAY HOME Description: A heart-wrenching exploration of a lesser-known dimension of Central American migration to the United States. Every year tens of thousands of unaccompanied children, attempt to migrate through Mexico to the United States. Some as young … Read more

THOSE I LEFT BEHIND

January 16, 2014

Title: THOSE I LEFT BEHIND Description: Those I Left Behind is a documentary that explores the transnational ties that bind Cuban-Americans in the United States to their families still living on the Island. The film also speaks to the controversial … Read more

TENGO VAMOS A VER

January 16, 2014

Title: TENGO VAMOS A VER Description: Tengo Vamos a Ver is a short documentary and tribute to 50 years of UNEAC, with testimonies by several contributors and through poems by Nicolas Guillen. The director provides a brief tour of the … Read more

LA PRISION INSOMNE

January 15, 2014

Title: LA PRISION INSOMNE Description: This documentary gives the viewer the unfortunate important facets of life and the controversial work of the poet Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés, Plácido, during the first half of the turbulent and contradictory colonial nineteenth … Read more

LA CONJURA DE APONTE

January 15, 2014

Title: LA CONJURA DE APONTE Description: With the help of two important Cuban historians, La Conjura de Aponte describes the social context at the time of Jose Antonio Aponte’s rebellion against Spanish rule in Cuba. Aponte, a free black, sought … Read more

EL HOMBRE ILUSTRANDO

January 15, 2014

Title: EL HOMBRE ILLUSTRANDO Description: Manuel Mendive is known as one of the most important contemporary Cuban painters. Medive was born in 1944 in Havana, Cuba. Mendive integrates materials such as paint, fabric, and shells to create costumes, and decorate … Read more

CUBA: AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY

January 15, 2014

Title: CUBA: AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY Description: Cuba : an African Odyssey is a documentary of Cuba’s central, yet little known, role in supporting African national liberation during the Cold War. This two-part DVD firsts deals mainly with Cuba’s involvement in … Read more

CIMARRON

May 25, 2012

This film describes the story of Esteban, a Cuban who lived through slavery and the War of Independence, through the eyes of Miguel Barnet.  Esteban Montejo, a 105- year old, who lived through beatings and the cruelty of slavery recounts … Read more

THE SUGAR CURTAIN (EL TELON DE AZUCAR)

January 23, 2012

Description: In the 70’s and 80’s , Cuba had overcome the crises of the first decade of the revolution and had settled into realizing a new identity, creating the new man Che had envisioned.Despite the lask of many material comforts, … Read more

BARACOA

January 23, 2012

Description: Baracoa shows the beauty of Baracoa, a municipality of Guantanamo province in Cuba. The film includes footage of the natural environment of Baracoa, the major city, Guantanamo while Cuban music is playing in the background. Copies: 1 (DVD master) … Read more

LOS 50 VIVIDOS

January 23, 2012

Description: Los 50 Vividos offers insight into the intellectual and cultural side of Cuba. The Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) or the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba was founded by Nicolas Guillen, the national poet … Read more

FUERA DE LIGA

October 26, 2011

“Fuera de Liga,” a documentary that has circulated the Havana streets, raises the problems that exist in Cuban baseball, those hidden behind the passions that are awoken by the stadiums of Cuba’s national sport. Directed by Ian Padrón and produced … Read more

CUBANOS, LOS: BRETÓN ES UN BEBÉ

October 26, 2011

Description: This documentary combines social commentary with surrealism to explore the Cuban soul. The filmmakers take the viewer on a trip through the heart of twenty-first-century Cuba, making stops in Pinar del Río, los Acuáticos, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, and Guaraabuya. In … Read more

BUSCÁNDOTE HABANA

July 27, 2011

Description: “Looking For You, Havana” is a documentary that follows a group of undocumented Cubans from the eastern province of Oriente looking for a better life in Havana. Without proper documents allowing them to legally live there, they often set … Read more

CITY IN RED (CIUDAD EN ROJO)

July 27, 2011

  Description: This feature-length film deals with 24 hours in the life of Santiago de Cuba, one of the main supply cities of the rebels led by Fidel Castro and of underground urban action perpetrated by the rebel and clandestine … Read more

DIOSES ROTOS, LOS (BROKEN GODS)

July 27, 2011

  Description: Laura, a professor, conducts research for a PhD dissertation that delves into the Havana underworld in search of Albert Yanini, the most famous Cuban pimp from the turn of the twentieth century. Shot to death by his French … Read more

HOMBRE DE MAISINICÚ

July 27, 2011

Description: Over the course of the 1960s, the revolutionary government in Cuba confronted active and violent opposition from armed counter-revolutionary groups operating on the island. This film dramatizes this confrontation through the story of Alberto Delgado, a Cuban agent who … Read more

ADORABLES MENTIRAS

March 16, 2011

 Description: Enchanting, playful, and outrageous, this film presents two unsuccessful people who each adopt fictional personae in order to escape the doldrums of their daily lives. It is a web of adorable little lies told to brighten their otherwise gray … Read more

ALEIDA GUEVARA REMEMBERS HER FATHER, CHE

March 16, 2011

 Description: Aleida Guevara talks fondly about her father, the world famous Che. Aleida talks about the real Che, separating the myth from the man. This bilingual DVD contains a Spanish language version, and another version in Spanish with English subtitles. … Read more

ALICIA EN EL PUEBLO DE LAS MARAVILLAS

March 16, 2011

Description: In this groundbreaking satirical film about the Cuban Revolution, the craziest situations are seen as normal by most of the inhabitants of Wondertown. Alicia, however, struggles to make sense of what is happening around her from the moment she … Read more

AMERICAS: PART 9

March 16, 2011

Description: “Fire in the Mind” This program looks at revolutionaries in the region today, with a special emphasis on the former guerrilla fighters in El Salvador and the current movement in Peru, and links these movements to the revolutions in … Read more

AZUCAR AMARGA (BITTER SUGAR)

March 16, 2011

Description: This visceral, energizing look at contemporary Cuba is an impassioned love story set against the political and economic tensions of Havana. Gustavo, an idealistic young Communist with a glorified vision of the Castro regime, falls in love with Yolanda, … Read more

BARRIO CUBA

March 16, 2011

Description: The second in a trilogy, Barrio Cuba tells a trio of stories, all dealing with commonplace Cuban social struggles. Solás and his superior cast pay tribute to the authentic slums of the Havana suburbs, stripping away the sheen of … Read more

BARROCO

March 16, 2011

Description: An impressionistic journey through the music of Cuba, Spain and Mexico from pre-Columbian times to the present, on the occasion of the Fifth Centenary of the Conquest. Copies: 2 (DVD and VHS) Length: 111 minutes

BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (ANTES QUE ANOCHEZCA)

March 16, 2011

Description: Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reynaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City. By 1964, he is in Havana where his writing and homosexuality get him … Read more

BELLA DEL ALHAMBRA, LA

March 16, 2011

 Description: A period musical, based on the novel The Song of Rachel by Miguel Barnet, the film concerns a young woman who uses everyone to attain her dream of being a singer at the Alhambra, Cuba’s top burlesque theatre in … Read more

BOW WOW

March 16, 2011

Description: This creative film is shot from the perspective of a German shepherd on the streets of Havana. It is a comic portrayal of the idiosyncrasies, foibles, and hypocrisy of the human species, as seen from the obviously superior point … Read more

BRAINSTORM

March 16, 2011

Description: During a track and field meet a meteor strikes a stadium in Cuba, killing roughly 93 people. A round table of journalists has a discussion on the significance of the event, debating what the most important aspects of the … Read more

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

March 16, 2011

Description: The German filmmaker Wim Wenders directs a documentary about the Cuban musicians in the group Buena Vista Social Club. This group has toured the U.S. and their albums have been best sellers for months. The elder members have many … Read more

CAFÉ CON LECHE: VOICES OF EXILE’S CHILDREN

March 16, 2011

Description: An introspective look at young Cuban-Americans, the now-adult children of the first wave of Cuban exiles that came to the U.S. This documentary focuses on the fusion of traditional, old world values of yesteryear and modern, American culture, as … Read more

CANDIDA ERENDIRA, LA

March 16, 2011

Description: Avant-garde performance art / plays performed by the Buendía theatre group in 1992 Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 106 minutes

CECILIA

March 16, 2011

 Description: Loosely based on the classic nineteenth-century Cuban novel, Cecilia Valdéz by Cirilo Villaverde. The movie is a reflection on the birth of Cuban nationality. A beautiful mestizo woman struggles to become a part of the world of the white … Read more

CELEBRATING CINCO DE MAYO

March 16, 2011

 Description: This educational video aimed at children is separated into three sections. The first section explains what Cinco de Maya is, why it is celebrated and its importance. The second section talks about the history of Cinco de Mayo. The … Read more

CHE, PART I: EL ARGENTINO

March 16, 2011

Description: Based on Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s memoir Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, this film constitutes part 1 of the two part series directed by Steven Soderbergh on the life of this iconic hero of the Cuban revolution. While focusing … Read more

CHE, PART II: GUERRILLA

March 16, 2011

Description: Part two of Stephen Soderbergh’s chronicle of the revolutionary activities of Ernesto “Che” Guevara examines Guevara’s attempts to start a revolutionary guerrilla movement in the jungles of Bolivia. Beginning with his arrival in Bolivia under a false identity, the … Read more

CUBA 15

March 16, 2011

Description: With passion and uncertainty, Tzunami, a small-town Cuban girl prepares for her quinceañera. The celebration is for her fifteen birthday –the official crossroads between innocence and maturity. This short film won nine international film awards, including the 1998 Berlin … Read more

CUBA VA: THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEXT GENERATION

March 16, 2011

Description: A fast paced weaving of sound bites and interviews that lets young Cubans speak and argue for themselves. What they have to say or sing or rap suggests that everyone born after the revolution has an opinion. Directors/Producers: Gail … Read more

CUBA: ISLAND OF DREAMS

March 16, 2011

Description: Experience a tour through mountains, beaches, and the colorful panorama Cuba has to offer. This video provides pieces of folklore, music, architecture, history, as it shows the major cities of the island. Video Visits. Copies: 1 (VHS) Length: 52 … Read more

CUBA: THE BROKEN IMAGE

March 16, 2011

Description: This program gathers together the most representative of exiled Cuban filmmakers, who recount their personal experiences of having to abandon their work and start a new life away from their country, culture and natural environment. The program features clips … Read more

CUBA: THE FORTY YEARS WAR

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary follows two Cuban exiles, Bay of Pigs invasion veterans, upon their return to their native island. As attendees of a conference discussing the invasion, they interact and attempt to reconcile the past with former battlefield adversaries, including … Read more

CUBAN ART: ARCHIPELAGO OF DREAMS

March 16, 2011

Description: This short film explores the work of several Cuban artists who collaborate with Vígia Press, a unique publishing house in Matanzas which makes beautifully crafted books by hand. The interviewed artists discuss their imaginative modes of contemplating what constitutes … Read more

CUBAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS

March 16, 2011

Description: This is a collection of five short experimental videos made by Cuban directors. Here is a brief description of each film: DeMoler (12 min) is a short documentary directed by Angel González about a small sugar mill and its … Read more

CUBAN-AMERICANS, THE

March 16, 2011

Description: An exploration of the experience of Cubans living in the United States, focusing especially on the nature of the community since 1959. The film avoids explicit discussions of politics and instead focuses on the maintenance of community, culture and … Read more

DANZA DEL ESPEJO, LA (MIRROR DANCE)

March 16, 2011

Description: Identical Twins, Margarita and Ramona de Saá, grew up to become acclaimed ballerinas with the National Ballet of Cuba. Once inseparable, their relationship deteriorated as one sister left for America and the other embraced the Cuban Revolution. Mirror Dance … Read more

DE CIERTA MANERA

March 16, 2011

Description: A fascinating cinematic mix of documentary and fiction, Gómez (who died just before completing work on the film) looks at the marginal neighborhoods of Havana shortly after the triumph of the 1959 Revolution. With Mario Balmaseda and Yolanda Cuellar. … Read more

DÍAS DEL AGUA, LOS

March 16, 2011

Description: A provocative artistic film about a Cuban woman, Antoñica, possessed by a deity, or orisha. Set in Pinar del Río in 1936, first the local clergy and doctors conspire to remove her and her followers. A politician comes to … Read more

ELPIDIO VALDES CONTRA DOLAR Y CAÑON

March 16, 2011

Description: Elpidio Valdés is an animated film which deals with the risky mission of bringing from Tampa, Florida, a shipment of arms for the freedom fighters of the Ejército Libertador. With Captain María Silva, his horse Palmiche, and his compatriots … Read more

ESTUDIOS DE ANIMACION ICAIC

March 16, 2011

Description: Compilation of short animated films not meant for younger audience because of their political propaganda upholding socialist ideals. These films were produced for the Cuban government to educate people on the values of the Revolution and/or to educate on … Read more

FABRI-K, LA

March 16, 2011

Description: Two of Cuba’s leading hip-hop groups, Obsesion and Doble Filo, have formed the collective La Fabri_K to showcase their art. This film follows the artists from their homes in Havana through their eye-opening concert tour in the United States, … Read more

FIDEL (1968)

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary is a personal profile of Fidel Castro and a view of the developments since the revolution 10 years before. There are a lot of images of Fidel: listening to complaints, arguing, laughing, and philosophizing. There is beautiful … Read more

FIDEL (2001)

March 16, 2011

Description: This film is an intimate portrait of the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Filmmaker Estela Bravo presents rare interviews with Castro and footage of him swimming with bodyguards, visiting his childhood home and school, and trading jokes with his … Read more

FLIGHT OF PEDRO PAN, THE

March 16, 2011

Description: Experience the heartache and uncertainty of the 1960s flight of more than 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban children to the United States. The children of Operation Pedro Pan share their personal stories of the sacrifice, survival, broken hearts and new beginnings … Read more

FRESA Y CHOCOLATE

March 16, 2011

Description: This award-winning film raises issues of tolerance and diversity by presenting sexual, artistic, and ultimately political struggles in Cuba through the story of several individuals. Through the touching relationship of a middle-aged gay artist and a young idealistic student, … Read more

GAY CUBA

March 16, 2011

Description: The treatment of gays and lesbians in Cuba after the Revolution has been a topic of great controversy. This film depicts, through personal experiences, the conflicts arising in this marginalized sector of Cuban society. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 57 … Read more

GREENER GRASS: CUBA, BASEBALL, AND THE UNITED STATES

March 16, 2011

Description: While unfolding the story of the Cuba vs. the Baltimore Orioles games, this documentary develops a narrative of the history of baseball as an element of Cuban national identity, and the impact the sport has had on both the … Read more

GUANTANAMERA

March 16, 2011

Description: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s last film before his death, Guantanamera is a romantic, fluid road-trip movie set in contemporary Cuba amid economic crisis and crumbling infrastructure. In a tribute to the resilient spirit of Cubans in trying circumstances, and a … Read more

GUEVARA: ANATOMIA DE UN MITO

March 16, 2011

Description: This film presents a revisionist view of the life Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Various interviews with former comrades of Guevara present a portrait of the man that is a stark contrast to the official mythology of Che’s historical role in … Read more

HABANA BLUES (HAVANA BLUES)

March 16, 2011

Description: Cuba is a land of music and consequently a land of musicians. Habana Blues is full of lots of extraordinary music, but what makes it so special is the way Zambrano details the lives of the protagonists and the … Read more

HAIL UMBANDA

March 16, 2011

Type: Documentary, Year: 2008, Director: Jose Araujo, Country: Brazil, Format: DVD, Language: English, Subtitles: None

HAVANA NAGILA: THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN CUBA

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary traces the history and presence of the Jewish community in Cuba. It explores the impact of the 1959 Revolution on the five percent of the original community, the community’s recent resurgence, and the international issues that affect … Read more

HAVANA TODAY: IMPRESSIONS OF A CITY

March 16, 2011

Type: Documentary, Year: 2001, Director: Cecilia Ricciarelli and Diego Malquori, Country: Cuba, Format: DVD-R, Language: Spanish, Subtitles: English

HELLO HEMINGWAY

March 16, 2011

Description: Set in pre-revolutionary Cuba (late 1950s), this winner of the 1990 Grand Coral Prize in Havana deals with the inner conflicts of a young girl’s coming of age, her identification with a Hemingway she never meets, and a society … Read more

HISTORIAS DE LA REVOLUCION

March 16, 2011

Description: Documentary including three dramatic stories about the insurrection struggle in Cuba during the 50’s. The saga of young people, who lived, loved and fought with the hopes of a better future. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 81 minutes

HOMBRE DE EXITO, UN

March 16, 2011

Description: With César Evora, Jorge Trinchet, and Daisy Granados. A young ambitious man begins climbing the social and political ladder in Cuba in the 1930s. After the fall of Machado in 1933, his political career takes off, his ethics and … Read more

HOTEL CUBA

March 16, 2011

Description: A documentary about the Cuban-Jewish community in South Florida, with interviews from both Cuban-Jewish and Non-Jewish members of the community. Robert Levine began the documentary after realizing the effects of the generation gap between Cuban-Jewish teenagers and their parents … Read more

INTERMEZZO

March 16, 2011

Description: In a men’s bathroom a discussion takes place. One member of a committee votes against a presidential proposal, and suddenly becomes the hero of the democratic process. What seems to him to be a perfectly reasonable and ordinary act … Read more

JOVENES REBELDES

March 16, 2011

Description: This film examines the now vibrant hip-hop community that has emerged in Cuba since the onset of the special period, interviewing numerous artists and getting their perspectives on a number of issues, including racism, issues of censorship, economic conditions, … Read more

KID CHOCOLATE

March 16, 2011

Description: Cuban boxing legend Kid Chocolate was the first Cuban to win a world boxing title, and is still considered by many as the best Cuban boxer ever. In this documentary produced by the Cuban film institute ICAIC, Chocolate recounts … Read more

LAST REVOLUTIONARY, THE

March 16, 2011

Description: CBS Reports with Dan Rather presents a biography of Fidel Castro. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 60 minutes

LEGACY: CENTRAL AMERICA

March 16, 2011

Type: Documentary, Year: 1992, Country: Latin America, Format: DVD-R, Language: English, Subtitles: None

LEJANIA

March 16, 2011

Description: A dramatic and sensitive analysis of the lejanía, the distance or separation among members of the same family, created by the Cuban revolution. A Cuban mother, now living in Miami, returns to visit her son whom she abandoned 10 … Read more

LISTA DE ESPERA

March 16, 2011

Description: A diverse group of Cubans finds itself stuck at a remote bus station. Their shared situation brings them together such that they transform the bus station into a kind of socialist utopia, and when they can finally leave, they … Read more

LUCIA

March 16, 2011

Description: A classic of Cuban cinema, which looks at the lives of three women, an upper class Lucía in the 1890s, a middle class Lucía in the 1930s, and a working class Lucía in the 1960s. Copies: 2 (DVD and … Read more

LUMINOUS SHADOWS: THE ARTISTS OF EASTERN CUBA

March 16, 2011

Description: Breaking new ground in the world of Cuban art, this is the first documentary to focus exclusively on the art and artists from Cuba’s easternmost region: Oriente. This film takes the viewer on an insightful journey where one will … Read more

MADAGASCAR

March 16, 2011

Description: Nominated for best film award and recipient of the Special Jury’s Prize in Havana’s 1994 film festival, this movie tells the story of a Havana University Physics Professor’s torturous relationship with her daughter during the special Period in Cuba. … Read more

MANUELA

March 16, 2011

Description: Manuela is the story of a mulato guajira (peasant woman) who is transformed into a revolutionary guerrilla fighter. With little dialogue and the use of hand held cameras Solas manages to convey the message and engage the viewer emotionally. … Read more

BUTTERFLIES ON THE SCAFFOLD (MARIPOSAS EN EL ANDAMIO)

March 16, 2011

Description: A rare view of what day-to-day life is like for the gay and drag community in modern Cuba. This award-winning documentary is the first since the 1959 revolution to examine the issues gays and transvestites face in the context … Read more

MAS VAMPIROS EN LA HABANA

March 16, 2011

Description: In this animated film, a sequel to the original Vampiros en la Habana, multiple scientific discoveries are made that allow vampires to go out into the sun. Many people want control of the substance, and are willing to fight … Read more

MIAMI-HAVANA

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary depicts the story of the two Cuban worlds of Miami and Havana, and the social, cultural, and political processes that have created this divide since 1959. It provides many touching moments that portray the difficulties of this … Read more

MIEL PARA OCHUN

March 16, 2011

Description: Taken from Cuba as a child by his father, Roberto returns to the island 32 years later in search of his mother. He soon finds his American customs in conflict with those of his birthplace. Also, he discovers new … Read more

MUERTE DE UN BUROCRATA

March 16, 2011

Description: The story of a young man’s attempt to fight the system is an entertaining, hilarious account of galloping bureaucracy and the tyranny of red tape. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 87 minutes

MUJERES CUBANAS: MARCADAS POR EL PARAISO

March 16, 2011

Description: They were the women a man would silence. Robbed of their dignity and hope, they became his anonymous victims. Political prisoners, wives, mothers, writers, artists, children, lost at sea…Forgotten over and over. Once deprived of their voices, they now … Read more

MY FOOTSTEPS IN BARAGUA

March 16, 2011

Description: On the history in Cuba of an extensive West Indian community (consisting of people from Jamaica, Barbados, & many others) Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 53 minutes

NA-NA

March 16, 2011

Description: The charming story of the brief meeting of two children from opposite socioeconomic status. One is a girl from the countryside, the other, a boy from the city on his way to the United States. Copies: 2 (DVD) Length: … Read more

OGGUN, AN EXTERNAL PRESENCE

March 16, 2011

Description: In Oggun, Gloria Rolando relates the mythical story of the Yoruba god Oggun, the tireless warrior who, enamored of his mother, decided as punishment to imprison himself in the mountains: Only Ochun, goddess of love, succeeded in captivating him … Read more

OTRO FRANCISCO, EL

March 16, 2011

Description: An impassioned exploration of the roots of black rebellion in nineteenth-century Cuba, based on a famous Cuban anti-slavery novel of the period. Copies: 2 (DVD) Length: 98 minutes

PAJAROS TIRANDOLE LA ESCOPETA, LOS

March 16, 2011

Description: A humorous portrayal of romance, this light comedy presents a typical young Cuban couple, sexually liberated, who nonetheless cannot cope with the affair between his mother and her father. A commentary of the generation gap and machismo. Copies:  2 … Read more

PAPELES SECUNDARIOS

March 16, 2011

Description: Awarded best film in 1990 at the New York Festival Latino. A theater group in crisis is the setting for this story. Its aging actors, on stage as in life, confront their fears and failures. The story takes a … Read more

PLAFF!

March 16, 2011

Description: This comedic film gives us a nonconformist view about everything. The heroine (Daisy Granados, in the role of a lifetime) is constantly attacked by a mysterious hand that throws eggs at her house. Limited by her prejudices and fears … Read more

POPULAR RELIGIOSITY

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary offers a look into the practice of santería and people’s opinion of these practices in Cuba. Directed by Adriana Paris. Copies: 1(VHS) Length: 18 minutes

POWER OF THE COMMUNITY: HOW CUBA SURVIVED PEAK OIL

March 16, 2011

Description: With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990 Cuba lost half of its oil imports and survived. The economy shifted from large farms or plantations and reliance on fossil-fuel-based pesticides and fertilizers, to small organic farms and urban … Read more

¿QUIEN BAILA AQUI?

March 16, 2011

Description: A documentary about the Congo or Bantu religion in Cuba. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 35 minutes

¿QUIEN DIABLOS ES JULIETTE? (WHO IN THE HELL IS JULIETTE?)

March 16, 2011

Description: Shot in Cuba and the US over a period of three years, this film features remarkable cinematography by first time director Carlos Marcovich. Winner of the Latin American Cinema Prize. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 91 minutes

RAZA

March 16, 2011

Description: A documentary exploring what Cubans think and believe about race today. The film intersperses opinions expressed by everyday citizens with interviews of prominent Cuban intellectuals and artists to explore the issue of racial discrimination and inequality, a subject that … Read more

RETRATO DE TERESA

March 16, 2011

Description: Shot in fluid vérité style, the film focuses on the stubborn survival of deeply-ingrained traditions of machismo and sexism in post-revolutionary society. Teresa is a housewife and mother whose involvement in political and cultural groups incurs the displeasure of … Read more

ROOTS OF RHYTHM

March 16, 2011

Description: This is a joyous and colorful three-part musical odyssey that follows the powerful flow of Afro-Cuban music from its origin five centuries ago in Africa and Spain to the contemporary sound of such exciting popular artists as Gloria Estefan, … Read more

SALUD

March 16, 2011

Description: Beautifully filmed in Cuba, South Africa, Gambia, Honduras and Venezuela, Salud reveals the human dimension of the worldwide health crisis, and the central role of international cooperation in addressing glaring inequalities. The film examines the remarkable case of Cuba, … Read more

SAVING ELIAN

March 16, 2011

Description: The political, social, and international implications of the custody battle over five-year-old Elián González pitted the U.S. Department of Justice, the Miami Cuban exile community and the Cuban government in a new acrimonious struggle. Documentary footage from Miami, and … Read more

SE PERMUTA

March 16, 2011

Description: A comedy about the politics of exchanging residences, which reveals the practical problems of everyday life and the conflict between traditional and revolutionary values in modern Cuba. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 105 minutes

SI ME COMPRENDIERAS

March 16, 2011

Description: A film director embarks upon a search for black women actresses to play the central dramatic role in his next project ? a musical comedy. Rather than opt for an experienced actress, he searches for the freshness and spontaneity … Read more

SIN EMBARGO

March 16, 2011

Description: After the revolution of 1959 and the U.S. embargo that followed, the people of Cuba were left to fend for themselves. Deprived of even the most basic goods, many scavenge alleys and scrap heaps, giving new vitality to the … Read more

SOY CUBA (I AM CUBA)

March 16, 2011

Description: A visually stunning film that was made in Cuba between 1961 and 1964 by the acclaimed Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov (The Cranes Are Flying). The camera work is amazing in this propaganda epic that portrays four vignettes of Cuba … Read more

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE

March 16, 2011

Description: Silent motion picture footage of the Spanish-Cuban-American War and the subsequent Philippine insurrection produced by Edison pictures between 1898 and 1901. The two conflicts were the first in which the motion picture camera played a role. Most footage is … Read more

SUITE HABANA

March 16, 2011

Description: Dawn breaks in La Habana, and as the day advances we follow the simple lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sounds and images accompanied by music. The film documents a day in the life of Cubans who struggle … Read more

TROPICAL, LA

March 16, 2011

Description: This black and white documentary travels to La Tropical, a Cuban dance club just outside of Havana, where dance, passion and music take precedence over the politics of the nation. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 93 minutes

ULTIMA CENA, LA

March 16, 2011

Description: Based on an incident in Cuban colonial history, this masterful film tells the story of a pious 18th century slave owner who reenacts the last supper, portraying himself as Christ, and with twelve slaves selected to play the disciples. … Read more

VALS DE LA HABANA VIEJA

March 16, 2011

Description: A critical comedy of the pain and frustration encountered by a mother of a low income family when she attempts to throw a costly party for her daughter’s fifteenth birthday. The father’s objections (he sees such celebrations as antiquated … Read more

VAMPIROS EN LA HABANA (VAMPIRES IN HAVANA)

March 16, 2011

Description: This hilarious animated spoof of horror and gangster movies, presented in an outrageously caricatured style reminiscent of Fritz the Cat, features Professor Von Dracula, a vampire scientist who leaves Transylvania for Cuba, where he invents "Vampisol," a potion that … Read more

VIDA ES SILBAR, LA

March 16, 2011

Description: An absurd, slyly critical film in which Bebe takes us on a taxi ride through Havana on the day of Santa Bárbara/Chango. Set to the music of Bola de Nieve and Benny Moré, the characters of Mariana, a ballerina, … Read more

VIDEO DE FAMILIA

March 16, 2011

Description: A raucous home video is the focus of this hilarious film. What begins as a simple taped message to an expatriate son unveils the complexity and often humorous travails of a contemporary Cuban family. On the eve of Raulito’s … Read more

VIVA CUBA

March 16, 2011

Description: Jorgito (age 12) and Malú (11) are neighbors, classmates and best friends. When Malú’s mother decides to marry a foreigner so she can leave Cuba Malú is deeply upset and hopes to reach her father before he signs an … Read more

VIVA LA REPUBLICA

March 16, 2011

Description: The history of Cuba told through a collage of photos and other archival materials. Copies: 1 Length: 100 minutes

WAR OF THE CIA IN CUBA

March 16, 2011

Description: This documentary denounces the CIA’s involvement in internal Cuban affairs and its active aggression against the Cuban government. This film offers a straightforward presentation of facts, and contains footage of actual espionage activities as well as a reading of … Read more

ZAFIROS: MUSIC FROM THE EDGE OF TIME, LOS

March 16, 2011

Description: A musical phenomenon in 1960’s Cuba, Los Zafiros’ brilliant mix of American-inspired Doo-Wop and traditional Latin forms caused an international sensation. “Music from the Edge of Time” explores the memories of Manuel Galban and Miguel Cancio, the two surviving … Read more

ZONA AFECTADA / MOSQUITOS, EL DOCUMENTAL

March 16, 2011

Description: Two short documentaries by Asori Soto about life in Cuba. Zona Afectada,” illustrates the hard physical work involved in securing water in Havana, Cuba in order to take a bath. “Mosquitos” tells the story of how the government deals … Read more