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 ninete
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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 ninete
Witness an entire nation transforming its agriculture using organic techniques. The Greening of Cuba profiles Cuban farmers and scientists working to reinvent a sustainable agriculture, based on ecological principles and
The Cuban Revolution turns fifty years old. Fifty years of history, myths and challenges of a country that has influenced politics and culture around the world, becoming for many the symbol of the revolt against capitali
Havana 1977: One day I decided to go into exile. This film relates the return to my home town thirty years later. My clandestine camera goes at the bottom of the Cuban society, just as Fidel Castro has officially given t
Dotting the horizon on the right of the picture is the great fleet of transports, while scattered all along the beach and piled high to the left are hundreds upon hundreds of ammunition cases.
An account of the relationship of brotherhood between Cuba and Mexico led by an unprecedented interview with Eliseo Alberto Diego, Lichi that weaves together history, music, cinema, literature, and the character of both
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 direct
Concert: Live at the Karl Marx Theatre, La Habana, Cuba, April 2005
A nostalgic view of pre-revolutionary Cuba from an anti-Castrist perspective.
Dance Cuba: Dreams of Flight begins with the historic coming together of American and Cuban dance companies in Havana. The heart and soul of the film rests in the human stories that revolve around the unity of the two.
The short film captures the tireless battle of Namibia Flores Rodriguez, the only known female boxer in the Caribbean nation. Training at Havana’s Rafael Trejo arena in defiance of the ban, the athlete undertakes the sam
In the spring of 2016, global music sensation Major Lazer performed a free concert in Havana, Cuba—an unprecedented show that drew an audience of almost half a million. This concert documentary evolves into an exploratio
The director Christian Liffers travels with his team to Cuba to search for evidence. Part of his luggage are poems and prose texts of the Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas. Texts, which describe the desire for love, sexual fr
A documentary film examining the treatment of lesbians and gay men during the early years of the Cuban Revolution and perspectives of current residents of Cuba on questions of political ideology and sexual identity
An assessment of the first twenty-five years of the Cuban revolution. PBS Special funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and WNET in New York, featuring an interview with Fidel Castro. Narrated by Raul Julia.
A collection of Latin and Salsa music from Cuba.
This film is a general travelogue about Cuba from 1950.
Documentary on Cuban music, rumba, regla de ocha and Abakuá.