Sat, november 16
11:00 – 12:19
Tuschinski 5
Film fully subtitled in English
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.
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.
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.
Reflections on the effects of women having to go to work in 1960s’ Cuba show the impact of the fledgling revolution on daily life.