On the Other Island
The filmmaker took her 16mm camera to Isla de Pinos, currently known as Isla la Juventud (“Island of Youth”) in Cuba and spoke to the workers on the collective farms, who candidly and proudly tell their unique stories.
Fogo île de feu & On the Other Island
Description
Two films by pioneering female filmmakers, starting with Cuban revolutionary Gómez’s portrait of young people working on collective farms on a Cuban island in 1968. Followed by Sarah Maldoror, who filmed the post-independence spirit on Cape Verde's Fogo Island.
Focus: 16 Worlds on 16
Reflecting on 100 years of 16mm since Kodak introduced this film format, this focus program explores how the history of documentary film has been influenced as a result. The selection includes classics from cinema verité such as Daguerréotypes by Agnès Varda and Salesman by the Maysels, as well as examples of films that wrap their criticism of authorities in metaphors due to censorship, as in "First Case, Second Case" where Abbas Kiarostami examines revolutionary thought
