A celebratory ode to life in the port city of Santiago de Cuba. The population of mulattos and Afro Cubans offers a vibrant blend of cultural influences.

An affectionate celebration of Cuban music in all its rich variations, with rumba singer and songwriter Alberto Zayas explaining the origin of the traditional range of instruments—and of course plenty of irresistible music too.

Short documentary in which filmmaker Sara Gómez explores the history of Cuban bateyes, simple workers’ settlements near sugarcane mills. The testimonies of the workers form the thread running through this nearly forgotten film.

Join Sara Gómez on a trip to Guanabacoa, a town near Havana where her father’s family come from. Her short impressions form an evocative portrait of Black middle-class life in pre- and post-revolutionary Cuba.