Havana Modern
When you think of Havana and architecture, you may envision Old Havana’s restored colonial buildings. Through the notable efforts of the Office of the City Historian, hundreds of structures…
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Country: Cuba
García Márquez and Cinema
English + Español
Gabriel García Márquez’s passion for film has always been constant and multifaceted. He has written film reviews; he has produced an extensive report about filmmaker Miguel Littin, Clandestine in Chile; he has led script workshops/La pasión de Gabriel García Márquez por el cine ha sido constante y ha tenido múltiples facetas. Ha escrito crónicas de cine; ha escrito guiones que se han llevado a la pantalla y otros que sólo han visto la luz a través de las palabras; ha escrito un extenso reportaje sobre el cineasta Miguel Littin Clandestino en Chile
With Santiago Álvarez, Chronicler of the Third World
English + Español
Santiago Álvarez (1919-1998) brought together the founding group of the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) in 1959/Santiago Álvarez (1919-1998) integró el grupo fundador del Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) en 1959.
Cuban Film
English + Español
The contemporary situation of Cuban film cannot be separated from the very existence of the Cuban Revolution./No hay modo de separar la situación contemporánea del cine en Cuba de la existencia y el hecho de la Revolución cubana,…
Cuban’s Memories of the 1960s: The Ecstasies and the Agonies
The 1960s was a tumultuous decade in Cuba. For islanders, the decade began in 1959 with the overthrow of the dictator Fulgencio Batista, the emblematic “triumph of the revolution.” It ended in 1970 with the disastrous sugar harvest, which ushered in the Sovietization of Cuba. In contrast to official history, a one-dimensional story of good versus evil, the three life histories related here portray close-up the ecstasies and the …
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