"cuba"
Repainting Cuba
Repainting Cuba takes a critical look at communist Cuba, where both the facades and the aging regime were given a coating of colorful paint in connection with the 50 year anniversary of the revolution. Two young Cubans under house arrest talk about being imprisoned for dealing with foreign tourists in a society where gossip and backstabbing is ende..
Song for Cuba
This short experimental documentary about memory and music follows a young Cuban couple charting a new course for their lives on an island in the North Atlantic.
Cada quien sus cubas
Mexican feature film
Cuba y Puerto Rico Son...
Reflects on the similarities between Puerto Rico and Cuba in musical, cultural, and physical terms. A journey through these two Caribbean countries will transport the viewer to enjoy both music and beautiful landscapes. It shows not only iconic places, but unique collaborations among Puerto Rican and Cuban artists performing together for the first ..
Rockin' Cuba
Entre musique et escalade, le film Rockin' Cuba retrace l’exploration de la vallée de Vinales à Cuba par six grimpeurs franco-suisses : Nina Caprez, Mélissa Le Nevé, Mike Fuselier, Enzo Oddo, Cedric Lachat et Seb Boussogne. Les paysages sont magnifiques, les images de Julien Nadiras somptueuses, l'humour toujours au coin de la rue et le trava..
Solidaridad Cuba y Vietnam
Court documentaire sur la solidarité du peuple cubain envers le Vietnam durant la guerre contre les États-Unis.
Cuba - The Forgotten Island
An extensive look at the people and history of Cuba in the twentieth century, in three programs. "Cuba's Conquistadors" takes a look at Cuba's long history, from the days of Columbus to the freedom fighters of the nineteenth century. "Return to Havana" explores Cuba's vibrant dance and music worlds, and "Hemingway's Cuba" looks at the adventures He..
Cuba, un aller et un retour
According to the official Cuban version, Fidel Castro died on his bed on November 25, 2016. Sixty years after his arrival on the island, with his troop of guerrillas who came to fight the Batista dictatorship, the director went to meet Cubans who talk about the Lider Maximo, who escaped - according to rumor - more than 630 assassination attempts! F..
Lucumi, l'enfant rumbeiro de Cuba
A beautiful film by epic music scene film maker Tony Gatlif with Cuban legends Tata Guines and Pancho Quinto, while young Michael Herrera Duarte (Lucumi) stars as the centerpiece of the story. Lucumi is ten and lives in Havana's black district. Brought up to the beat of drums, he dreams of becoming a great rumbero. With other kids on his block he ..
Afro Cuba Libre
In this short documentary shot in Havana, Trinidad and Viñales, Afro Cuba Libre attempts to explore how racism (or anti-black sentiment) is manifested socially, culturally and economically on the communist island of Cuba. According to the Cuban government, racism does not exist because there are no races. Everyone is Cuban. Thus talking about race..
Cuba, el valor de una utopía
Eyewitnesses, including Castro himself, look back on the period of resistance and the toppling of Batista's dictatorship. By zooming in on the individual within the collective, the detailed story of the revolution unfolds. In the oral tradition, various Cubans report on oppression, violence, arrests, kidnappings, shootouts, escapes, the guerrilla f..
Gladys, A Cuban Mother
A mother tells her son that her greatest loves have been women. She recounts the story of raising two daughters left behind after the death of their mother, one of Gladys’ former lovers. Shot clandestinely in Havana in 2001, Gladys, A Cuban Mother depicts the poignant experience of a lesbian mother living in a machismo society.
CUBA: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism
Cuba: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism brings you voices from Cuba, a country fighting for social and economic justice, representing the aspirations of the poor and oppressed worldwide, building socialism in a capitalist world. The film demonstrates how vital Cuba is to the struggle for socialism in Britain and beyond.
Fidelandia: Behind the Curtain of Cuban's Revolution
There was a historical reason for the Cuban revolution. After all these years, there might be some who still think it a great thing, but it doesn't work for everyone. This film is the story of those people who it doesn't work for. The youth fights for an opportunity to experience "Western freedom", the elderly express their sadness, anger, frustrat..
Cuban Fireball
Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself." The plot finds Estelita arriving in Los Angeles to claim a multimillion-dollar inheritance. To fend off fortune hunters, she disguises herself as a meek little old lady.
The Fabulous Story of the Cuban Cigar
Welcome to Havana, Cuba...home of the legendary Cuban Cigar! This is a fascinating place where a stick of rolled tobacco leaf is turned into an intricate art form -- producing a desire of international passion. The secret of this extraordinary cigar is born from the rich Cuban soil, her special seed and the magnificent leaf itself. The island's fa..
Capital Cuba
Intercut footage of the camera panning along two sides of Havana Bay. Every few seconds, our act of viewing is disturbed for several seconds as the camera shifts from one side to the other. The rhythm of this panoramic view is determined by the editing. The 12-minute film invites the viewer on an experimentally filmed journey by boat from Old Havan..
