Sat, november 16
11:00 – 12:19
Tuschinski 5
Film fully subtitled in English
Spotlight on Cuba: Sara Gómez 1
Description
This screening, part of the dedicated program Spotlight on Cuba, explores the work of Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez. It consists of the short films: Isla del Tesoro; Una isla para Miguel; Sobre horas extras y trabajo voluntario; and Mi aporte.
Tickets & Times
Tue, november 19
14:30 – 15:49
Eye: Cinema 1
Film fully subtitled in English
Composition
Isla del tesoro
Brief impressions from the eventful history of Isla de Pinos, a former pirate base that became the breeding ground for a new generation in post-revolutionary Cuba.
Una isla para Miguel
Second part of Gomez’s trilogy on Isla de Pinos, where, in the years following the Cuban Revolution, young people were prepared for lives as comrades in this fledgling Communist society. One of them is the outspoken young man Miguel.
Sobre horas extras y trabajo voluntario
Castro and Che also do their part—in propaganda footage. Cuban workers are still quick to criticize the economic plans for unpaid work. A playfully edited report of the 13th Cuban trade union congress of 1973.
Mi aporte
Reflections on the effects of women having to go to work in 1960s’ Cuba show the impact of the fledgling revolution on daily life.
Tickets & Times
Sat, november 16
11:00 – 12:19
Tuschinski 5
Film fully subtitled in English
Tue, november 19
14:30 – 15:49
Eye: Cinema 1
Film fully subtitled in English
Spotlight on Cuba
Spotlight on Cuba revisits the complex political history of Cuba. With a retrospective of the pioneering Afro-Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez, next to a special curation of films made by students of the EICTV, the program will explore the paradoxes of our perception of Cuba as both revolutionary utopia and dystopia.
