A pioneer in the genre of autobiographical documentaries, this film made by the renowned Cuban director Sara Gómez explores her family roots to offer a family portrait through photos, popular music, and women’s tales. It is also a powerful document…
Recorrido por la exótica gama de instrumentos de percusión utilizados en la música cubana y los orígenes de estos: claves, cucharas, maracas, bongós, güiros (hechos con calabazas), cencerros, quijadas de caballo. Gómez era música de formación y su…
Conflicts between old habits that perpetuate marginalization and a new moral era, in the context of the social tranformation that took place in Cuba beginning with the victory of the 1959 Revolution. The construction of the Miraflores neighborhood in…