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Oggun
In making the documentary "Oggun: An Eternal Present," film director Gloria Rolando skirts the edges of enchantment, enters Yoruba philosophy, and, especially, pays homage to the singer Lazaro Ros, one of the most important personalities in recent AfroCuban culture. In Oggun, Gloria relates the patakin or mythical story of Oggun, the tireless warrior who, enamored of his mother, decided as punishment to imprison himself in the mountains: only Ochun, goddess of love, succeeded in captivating him when she let fall a few drops of honey on the lips of the god of metal, war, progress, and civilization. This film of 52 minutes includes chants, dances, a "tambor" (Yoruba religious ceremony with the bata drums), and the experiences of Ros, who not only made his the beauty of the African chants, but had the opportunity to sing them in trips throughout the world. The noted "apwong" works incessantly to preserve the lore and transmit it to the younger generations. (AfroCubaWeb) -
Invisible color
This latest documentary by the Dean of Afro-Cuban Cinema Sergio Giral investigates the black Cuban exile community in South Florida, since the first wave of political refugees in the 1959 revolutionary aftermath, to today. It tracks its presence throughout the region, and highlights its contribution to Miami’s civic culture through testimonies and visual documentation. (African Diaspora International Film Festival) -
Hamaca paraguaya
Encina's reductionist approach is driven home in a 15-minute opening sequence, which is basically a fixed frame of an old man and woman emerging from the forest in long shot, stretching a hammock between two trees and sitting on it. Their nonstop bickering eventually reveals that the country is at war and they have not heard from their soldier son in a very long time. The mother seems resigned to his being dead; the father insists on keeping hope alive. Their waiting for something to happen becomes the viewer's cross to bear as well. Little else transpires in this short feature, which uses a bare minimum of sets and camera set-ups to underline the monotony and despair of the old couple's lives. Source: Young, Deborah. Review of Paraguayan Hammock (Hamaca paraguaya), by Paz Encina. Daily Variety, 18 May 2006. -
Gerónima
Gerónima era una mujer indígena "mapuche" que vivía en Trapalcó, un poblado de la Patagonia Argentina. Vivía con sus cuatro hijos en una casa en las tierras que su familia había poseído durante generaciones. En 1976, ella y sus cuatro hijos fueron visitados por una brigada de salud. Trabajadores sociales y médicos preocupados por las malas condiciones de vida y de salud de Gerónima y su familia, se los llevaron al hospital con consecuencias trágicas inesperadas. La película que reconstruye la historia de Gerónima se basa en una entrevista realizada por un médico psiquiatra (Jorge Luis Pellegrini) mientras ella estaba en el hospital. Source: Cuartas, Diana Milena Berrío. "El cine antropológico y el abordaje de la salud de los pueblos indígenas." Revista de Medicina y Cine, vol. 13, no. 1, 2017, pp. 16-21. -
El valle de los negros
En el Valle de Azapa, un grupo de afrodescendientes se organiza para realizar el primer censo afro de la historia de Chile, buscando el reconocimiento del Estado, el cual ha invisibilizado su cultura y rasgos africanos durante más de 200 años. (Cine Chile) -
Eco de la montaña
Santos de la Torre es un artista huichol que prácticamente es un desconocido en México; vive en la Sierra Madre Occidental. El documental lo seguirá en su peregrinaje a Wirikuta donde pedirá permiso a los dioses para hacer un nuevo mural y cuya elaboración se registrará paso a paso, desde su concepción y diseño, hasta su levantamiento como obra acabada así que se le acompañará en su recorrido de 620 kilómetros por la llamada Ruta del Peyote, que está en peligro de desaparecer, en sus ofrendas y sacrificios para después seguirlo en su nueva empresa: la creación de una nueva obra, la cual ilustrará la historia, mitología y prácticas religiosas del pueblo huichol. (Filmoteca UNAM)Tags Wixárika / Huichol -
Tánana, estar listo para zarpar
Narra parte de la historia de Martin González Calderón, miembro del pueblo Yagan, quien vuelve a adentrarse a su maritorio a bordo de la embarcación "Pepe II". Martín creció entre los cientos de canales e islas que su pueblo habitó durante más de 6000 años. Esta tradición, libre y navegante, fue prohibida. Tras 40 años prepara una nueva travesía, buscando legar su gran sabiduría sobre el territorio y su cultura. El documental es una interesante pieza que nos permite entrever el estado actual de una comunidad indígena que permanece y persiste con sus prácticas culturales a través del tiempo, a pesar de las vicisitudes acaecidas desde la llegada del hombre blanco al territorio. Es interesante ver cómo los yaganes continúan con sus prácticas ancestrales, cambiando y adaptándose a los tiempos que corren en la actualidad. Nos manifiestan que a pesar de las múltiples restricciones que el Estado les ha impuesto, hay conocimientos y saberes que permanecen y deben seguir siendo resguardados y enseñados. (Museo Antropológico Martin Gusinde) -
Dauna, lo que lleva el río
Dauna, se enfrenta a las convenciones de una cultura milenaria. Arrastra consigo la marca de ser diferente y con ella, un dilema: escoger entre amar a Tarcisio, con todas las responsabilidades que eso implica para una mujer warao o, por el contrario, seguir su vocación aún a riesgo de pagar las consecuencias. (Visor - Venezuela) -
Cochochi
This debut is the simple story of a journey by Evaristo and Tony, indigenous brothers living in Mexico's rural northwest. After their primary-school graduation, the brothers are asked to deliver medicine to a far-off village; not wanting to walk, they poach their grandfather's horse which, sure enough, ends up lost. The two boys separate to find it, and day turns into night. Wonderfully acted by non-professionals, Cochochi features breathtaking images of a region little explored on film - not to mention a distinctive language (the Tarahumaran dialect of Raramuri). This delicate narrative explores a serious issue for any native population - the question of whether to integrate with society at large or hold onto traditional ways. Source: Peranson, Mark. "The Filmgoer's Festival Guide." Review of Cochochi, by Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán. The Globe and Mail, 28 Sept 2007, sec. Arts. -
Xingu
A gripping account of a collision of cultures, "Xingu" tells the inspiring true story of the three Villas Bôas brothers, who became the leading advocates for Brazil's Amazonian Indians, an effort that culminated in the founding of a mammoth tribal preserve. Directed by Cao Hamburger, "Xingu" begins in 1943, when the brothers -- Orlando (Felipe Camarago), Cláudio (João Miguel) and Leonardo (Caio Blat) -- sign up for Brazil's March to the West, an expedition to explore and open the interior for development. Smitten by the land's raw beauty, they are also fascinated by the indigenous people there. Orlando, the eldest and a natural politician, defuses the tensions when they meet the Xavante, who have not seen white men before. When a flu epidemic kills half the tribe, the brothers vow to protect the natives from the forces of civilization that they represent. "We are the poison," Cláudio says, "and the antidote." The brothers eventually win the creation, in 1961, of the Xingu National Park, a preserve larger than Maryland. The film makes clear that not everyone agrees with the Xingu approach, that one answer does not fit all. But as natives maintain traditional lives there, they can integrate into the larger society, by their own choice and at their own speed. Source: Gold, Daniel M. Review of Xingu, by Cao Hamburger. New York Times, 14 Mar 2014, sec. C8.Tags Amazon / Amazonas -
Iskobakebo, un difícil reencuentro
Pibia Awin es una de cinco ancianos Iskobakebo (Isconahua) que fueron arrancados de su aldea y ahora viven en la cuenca del río Callería, en Perú. Son los últimos sobrevivientes Iskobakebo, un pueblo que habitaba en la profundidad del bosque, en aislamiento. Una visita inesperada sugiere que sus parientes se encuentran en la Amazonía brasileña, y entonces nace la esperanza del reencuentro. Este documental nos acerca al mundo de los indígenas en aislamiento voluntario de la frontera Perú-Brasil y las graves amenazas como la carretera Pucallpa-Cruzeiro do Sul, la tala ilegal, el narcotráfico y los conflictos territoriales que ponen su existencia en permanente peligro. (Film's Official Website)Tags Amazon / Amazonas -
El socio de Dios
A principio del siglo XIX, el empresario Julio Cesar Arana, conocido como “el socio de Dios”, se alía con empresas extranjeras, en su mayoría europeas, para explotar las reservas de caucho en la región de la Amazonía peruana. Su éxito y poder se basa en su falta de escrúpulos. No se detiene ante nada, ni siquiera ante el exterminio de las tribus originarias. De este modo ocurren los llamados crímenes de Putumayo; las comunidades amazónicas se revelan y resisten. (Festival Cannes)Tags Amazon / Amazonas -
El Dorado
The film tells the epic story of an expedition that took place between 1560 and 1561, headed by Pedro de Ursúa, in search of "El Dorado." The territory they explored subsequently became Colombia. Three hundred men sold their property and souls to travel down the biggest and least known river in the world. After the rebellion of Lope de Aguirre (who took over command) against Philip II, the king of Spain, this expedition became one of the best-known episodes in the conquest of "The New World." Accompanied by a team of all types, Lope de Aguirre's adventure will end in tragedy, exposing the full range of human miseries. (IMDB) -
La Playa D.C.
Tomas, an Afro-Colombian teenager who fled the country’s Pacific coast pushed out by the war, faces the difficulties of growing up in Bogotá, a city of exclusion and racism. When Jairo, his younger brother disappears, Tomas plunges in the streets of the city searching for Jairo. This initiatory journey compels him to face his past and to leave aside the influence of his brothers in order to find his own identity. Tomas reveals a unique perspective of a vibrant and unstable city that, like Tomas, stands on the threshold between what once was and what might be. (https://en.unifrance.org/movie/34912/la-playa) -
O dia de Jerusa
"The Day of Jerusa" narrates the encounter between Jerusa (Lea Garcia), a resident of an old townhouse of Bixiga with the young Silvia, played by Deborah Marcal, which circulates through the traditional São Paulo neighborhood doing opinion research on soap in powder. The story emerges from observations of everyday life, to cycle through the streets of São Paulo, Brazil. (Kweli TV) -
Manos sucias
A desperate fisherman and a naive young man embark on a dangerous journey trafficking drugs up the Pacific coast of Colombia. Hidden beneath the waves, they tow a narco-torpedo filled with millions of dollars worth of cocaine. Together they must brave the war-torn region while navigating the growing tension between them. (IMDB) -
A Dios Momo
In this magical and surreal tale set in moody Montevideo, Uruguay, a cheerful and dynamic eleven-year-old named Obdulio lives with his devoted grandmother and two sisters. He carries the self-imposed burden of being the only "man" in the family. His grandmother wants him to go to school, but he refuses proclaiming his "working man" status-he helps support his family by selling newspapers on the street. Ironically, Obdulio is illiterate and unable to read what he sells. One night, he meets a night watchman who is full of magical visions and gifts. This charismatic mentor introduces Obdulio to the beauty of words and the songs of the Murgas sung during Carnival processions. As Obdulio begins to understand the lyrics, he welcomes the challenge and eventually writes his own Murgas, which are later performed by the mysterious Carnival band. Reminiscent of Cinema Paradiso and the films of Fellini, this gem for viewers of all ages and is a celebration of life, the beauty of friendship, and the magic of knowledge. (Tribeca Film Festival) -
Nana
El largometraje Nana retrata a la nana o la niñera, esa que sin que los padres lo adviertan y reconozcan, pasa a convertirse en la persona más importante en la vida de sus hijos. Crudamente se presenta el trabajo doméstico, por lo general feminizado, desde una realidad que se suele invizibilizar. Mujeres mal pagadas, mal comidas, que dejan a sus hijos para irse a cuidar y dar amor a los hijos de otros, sin saber si los suyos comen o no. (Diario Digital RD) -
Las manos de Dios
Documental acerca de Julio ''Chocolate'' Algendones Farfán, destacado percusionista, compositor e intérprete de la música afro-peruana y del jazz. Fue considerado el gran maestro del cajón y reconocido internacionalmente. (Videoteca de Culturas) -
La raíz olvidada
La presencia de los esclavos africanos en México ha sido desconocida por la historia oficial. La raíz olvidada incursiona en este tema desconocido para la mayor parte de la población mexicana. (SIC México) -
Havanyork
El discurso rebelde y contestatario de los músicos cubanos y norteamericanos nos invita a reflexionar sobre la contracultura y las realidades paralelas que nacen en todo sistema de gobierno. Los sueños, la familia, el barrio, la ciudad, la vida, la guerra y la política son algunos de los temas que permean su música y nutren nuestra historia. Desde los barrios de La Habana y Nueva York, la cámara retrata con una visión cómplice las reflexiones que los músicos de ambas ciudades han elaborado con relación a sus raíces, a la evolución del tambor y al alma del Hip Hop. (Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia) -
Diálogo con mi abuela
Un audiovisual donde se mezcla el documental y la ficción. Una foto de los años 20 es la imagen de la evocación espiritual. El Grupo Vocal Baobab interpreta los cantos tradicionales del espiritismo cubano. La voz original de la abuela Inocencia y el conjunto de fotos familiares de la realizadora Gloria Rolando, forman parte del relato cuyo objetivo es darle valor, en la historia social de Cuba, a esos pequeños y grandes pasajes de la vida cotidiana de una familia negra. (CubaCine - Portal del ICAIC) -
Bixa Travesty
A documentary that follows Ms Linn da Quebrada, a black trans woman, performer and activist living in impoverished São Paulo. Her electrifying performances (with plenty of nudity) brazenly take on Brazil's hetero-normative machismo. (IMDB) -
Carandiru
São Paolo, 1992. A new doctor arrives in the notorious male prison of Carandiru, aiming to promote Aids education. Gradually we become aware of individuals within the crowd of convicts, as they come to the doctor's office for treatment. In flashback we learn the crimes that brought them to the prison. Dagger has killed another prisoner's father. Highness is a good-looking thief with a white wife and a black mistress. He has taken the blame for a fire set by his jealous wife. Chico is a dignified older man, waiting in vain for a visit from his grown daughter. Zico, a drug dealer, was taken in by the family of Deusdete after being abandoned by his mother. Deusdete has killed the two men who raped his sister and now shares a cell with Zico. Antonio and Miro are armed robbers brought down by the jealousy and treachery of their wives. Lady Di is a transsexual who aims to marry fellow inmate Too Bad. On visiting day the partners and children of all these characters are allowed into the prison. Zico, now addicted to crack, goes crazy and pours boiling water over Deusdete. He is killed in turn by a number of prisoners, and Highness gets Ezequiel, another addict, to take the blame. There is a football match among the convicts. Afterwards a fight breaks out which escalates into a riot. Although the prisoners give up their arms, the riot squad enter and slaughter the inmates. The final titles tell us that 111 convicts were killed and not one policeman. Documentary footage shows how the prison was finally demolished in 2002. Source: Smith, Paul Julian. Sight and Sound, vol. 14, no. 4, 2004, p. 44-45. -
Cidade de Deus
Basada en hechos reales, describe el mundo del crimen organizado en Cidade de Deus, un suburbio de Río de Janeiro, desde finales de los sesenta hasta principios de los ochenta, época durante la cual el tráfico de drogas y la violencia impusieron su ley en las favelas. A finales de los sesenta, Buscapé, un niño de 11 años tímido y sensible, observa a los niños duros de su barrio, sus robos, sus peleas, sus enfrentamientos diarios con la policía. Pero él sabe muy bien lo que quiere ser si consigue sobrevivir: fotógrafo. Dadinho, un niño de su edad que se traslada al barrio, sueña con ser el criminal más peligroso de Río de Janeiro y empieza su aprendizaje haciendo recados para los delincuentes locales. Admira a Cabeleira y su pandilla, que se dedican a atracar los camiones del gas. Un día Cabeleira le da a Dadinho la oportunidad de cometer su primer asesinato. (Film Affinity) -
La Soledad
La Soledad is a dilapidated villa located in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Caracas. It used to be the home of director Jorge Thielen Armand’s great-grandparents, but when the owners passed away fifteen years ago, the property was unofficially inherited by their lifelong maid, Rosina, now 72, who remained to care for the house and raise her grandson, José, now 27, Jorge’s childhood friend. José works as a handyman, dreaming of a better life for his six-year-old daughter Adrializ, amidst Venezuela’s economic crisis. Waiting in long queues for food and the medicine Rosina so desperately needs is part of José’s routine. When he learns that the legal inheritors of the house plan to sell the estate, José struggles to try to find a solution that will keep his family away from the crime-ridden slums. Yet the house holds a secret that could save them all: a treasure that is rumored to be buried in its walls. Set in the beautiful derelict eponymous mansion and played by the real inhabitants, LA SOLEDAD (THE SOLITUDE) poetically depicts Venezuela’s socio-economic crisis through José’s struggle to save his family from homelessness. (Festival Scope) -
Ventos de Agosto
Mascaro’s film shows a place in the process of disappearing; in this case, due to climate change. It centers on two main characters: Shirley (Dandara de Morais) and her boyfriend, Jeison (Geová Manoel dos Santos). Shirley used to live in a big city but moved back to the village to care for her aging grandmother. She works as a truck driver at a coconut farm where Jeison is a coconut picker. Shirley wants to be a tattoo artist and Jeison spends his free time practicing underwater fishing. The everyday life of the characters is disrupted by the arrival of a meteorologist (or a wind researcher, as the final credits describe him—played by the director himself) who arrives in the village to study the sounds of the winds. An accident befalls the researcher and Jeison fnds him drowned at sea. As his body is never claimed, Jeison becomes determined to notify the authorities, despite the difficulties he encounters in the process. Source: Cunha, Mariana. "Bodies in Landscape: The Scientist's Presence in Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo, and Ventos de Agosto." Space and Subjectivity in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema, edited by Antônio Márcio da Silva and Mariana Cunha, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, p. 85. -
Ôrí
While giving an overall look at the documented history of BLACK MOVEMENTS in Brazil (during the 70s and 80s), ORI tells the story of a woman, Beatriz Nascimento, activist and historian, who searches for her identity through research into the history of the "QUILOMBOS" as warrior establishments and focuses of cultural resistance, from 15th-century Africa to Brazil in the 20th century. (Culture Unplugged - watch complete film here) -
A negação do Brasil
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of Black actors in Brazilian television "soaps." Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyzes race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Black people's identity-forming processes. (Kanopy) -
¿Dónde está Sara Gómez?
Sara Gomez was a 'searcher.' My first encounter with her was watching her only fiction film and it blew my mind. She was the first Afro-Cuban woman filmmaker to have shot a fiction film and, more than thirty years later, the film (as well as her documentaries) remains so vibrant, so contemporary, and so touching. She searched new territories, brought people together from opposite worlds, and created new landscapes. And she died like a drama character, in the early seventies at age thirty-one, leaving behind a couple of brilliant films, two husbands, and three children; the ones who knew her, regret her departure. She left no apparent trail in the new filmmakers generation, but it’s as if her ghost is still around, sometimes in the most unexpected places. This film tells three love stories: 1) of Sara and her husband Germinal (who was also one of the finest Latin-American sound people), 2) of Sara and her family, and 3) of Sara and cinema, which she expanded so that Afro-Cuban culture is adequately represented. (Culture Unplugged - watch complete film here) -
Tinta Roja
Alfonso Fernández, joven universitario limeño, apenas terminados sus estudios de periodismo, se presenta al sensacionalista diario El Clamor para solicitar trabajo como reportero en prácticas. En realidad, él quiere ser escritor y está convencido de que esta experiencia le servirá solamente para engrosar su currículo. En vez de asignarlo a la sección de espectáculos, tal y como deseaba, lo envían a policiales. Su visión cambiará radicalmente. (Portal del cine y audiovisual latinoamericano y caribeño) -
La ciudad y los perros
La historia tiene lugar en un colegio militar y pretende ser el retrato de un microcosmos social donde conviven “todas las sangres” de una sociedad tan diversa y compleja como la peruana, en el contexto de la disciplina y los valores militares. La película, con profundo espíritu crítico, se centra en la muerte del “Esclavo”, un cadete débil abusado por sus compañeros. Mientras se devela el confuso incidente que provocó la tragedia conoceremos a una galería de personajes entre los que destacan “El Jaguar”,el “Poeta” y el Teniente Gamboa, entre otros, que con sus luces y sus sombras construyen un universo donde la complejidad de la conducta humana se expone con implacable sequedad. (Cine Aparte) -
Coraje
Coraje is about the last few months in the life of María Elena Moyano, who was killed at the age of 33 by the Peruvian revolutionary movement Sendero Luminoso. María Elena was the founder and leader of the so-called Women's Federation of Villa El Salvador, a slum district that had been built in the desert on the outskirts of Lima and was run by the inhabitants themselves. This community won several prizes abroad, such as the Spanish 'Principe de Asturias' and the 'Messenger City of Peace'. Two months before the brutal attack, María has spoken out against the campaign of hatred and violence of Sendero Luminoso and even though she was called 'Mama Coraje' by the local press, that condemned her to death.The film is narrated by a female Spanish doctor who remembers María's last months. We see the difficult conditions in which the vital and charismatic María did her work: the economic crisis, the hunger in the Villa, the bureaucratic opposition and increasing terror of the Senderos. But Coraje is above all a lively and intimate portrait of a fascinating woman who is not portrayed as a inviolable heroine, but as an ordinary woman with two children and a husband who is characterised by doubts and despair as well as courage. (International Film Festival Rotterdam) -
Roma
Relata un año en la vida de una familia de clase media en la capital mexicana a comienzos de los años 70. Roma es un retrato íntimo sobre los esfuerzos de una familia para mantener su equilibrio en momentos de conflicto personal, social y político. (Filmoteca UNAM)Tags Youth / La juventud -
El otro Francisco
Based on the novel Francisco by Anselmo Suárez y Romero, "The Other Francisco" is a socio-economic analysis of slavery and class struggle through the retelling of the original novel. The film contrasts the romantic conceptions of plantation life found in Suárez Romero's novel with a realistic expose of the actual historical conditions of slavery throughout the Americas. It offers a critical analysis of the novel, showing how the author's social background led to his use of particular dramatic structures to convey his liberal, humanitarian viewpoint. (IMDB) -
Tango Negro: les Racines Africaines du Tango
Tango Negro explora la expresión africana en el tango y la contribución de las culturas africanas al tango. El tango era una reflexión de la vida de los esclavos llevados a Sudamérica – Argentina y Uruguay entre otros países – desde África Central en su mayoría, sobre todo desde el antiguo reino de Congo. La película revela hasta qué punto la música africana dejó sus huellas en el tango, mezclando la música en directo con entrevistas a amantes e historiadores del tango en Latinoamérica y en Europa, el famoso pianista argentino Carlos Cáceres entre ellos. (Film Affinity ES) -
Ganga Zumba
Near the end of the 16th century, slaves working in northeastern Brazilian sugar cane mills conspire to escape to Quilombo dos Palmares, a haven for fugitive black slaves. Among the group is young Ganga Zumba (Antonio Pitanga), who rises to become head of the first revolutionary republic in the Americas. (Film at Lincoln Center) -
Xica da Silva
In the 18th century, in Minas Gerais, the Portuguese mined diamonds and gold. João Fernandes de Oliveira arrives from Lisbon with the Crown's exclusive contract for mining diamonds. He quickly asserts control, letting the intendant and other authorities know that he's onto their corruption. Xica, a slave of the local sergeant-major and possessed of phenomenal sex drive and tricks that cause men to howl with pleasure, quickly captures João. He denies her no extravagance; miners die for his greed. Eventually Lisbon hears of João's excesses and sends an inspector. José, a political radical, provides Xica refuge; her unrelenting sexual tingle is Brazil's spirit. (IMDB) -
Las herederas
Marcelo Martinessi's film is an autumnal study of a reclusive Paraguayan woman in her 60s who takes tentative steps to reconnect with the world after the companion who has long overseen her affairs goes off to prison. A restrained, stately character study with a deep emotional core, The Heiresses showcases a remarkable performance from Ana Brun as shy, reserved Chela, who has lived in the same Asunción house ever since she was the pampered child of a well-to-do family, sharing it for years with her lover Chiquita (Margarita Irun). Chiquita has taken responsibility for all practical matters, including the sale of many of Chela's prized family belongings to keep them afloat, but when Chiquita goes to jail for fraud--where she makes new friends--Chela must fend for herself. Taking her father's old Mercedes out of the garage to visit Chiquita, Chela is approached by an elderly neighbor for a ride, and soon becomes a professional driver for rich old ladies, learning from them--and a brassy younger woman named Angy (Ana Ivanova)--how to become more self-reliant. By the time Chiquita returns, she finds that the house is a much changed place. A subtle tale of female liberation with a nuanced central performance. Source: Swietek, F. "The Heiresses." Video Librarian, vol. 34, no. 4, 2019, p. 20.Tags Feminism / Feminismo -
La última cena
The film showed a pious sugar plantation owner in Cuba who holds a large banquet and attempts to teach his slaves about religion and the necessity of suffering for eternal happiness. While the slaves believe that they are being shown kindness, they are merely being placated, and the landowner does not give them the following day off of work as he promised to do, leading to a slave revolt. This film also makes anti-religious commentary through the actions of the count and the hypocritical ideologies that he preaches. Source: Sundt, Catherine. “Religion and Power: The Appropriation of Da Vinci’s the Last Supper in Viridiana and L’Ultima Cena.” Romance Notes, vol. 49, no. 1, Jan. 2009, p. 72. -
Cocote
Alberto is returning home from Santo Domingo for the funeral of his father, killed by a local loan shark who is untouchable thanks to his police-force position. The son arrives to find that his old man has already been put in the ground. He is expected to stay on, however, for the nine nights of novena, or rezos de los nueve dias, a prospect that disturbs him, though it’s not immediately clear why. In time we gather that there is a gulf between Alberto’s faith and his family’s – while both evoke the name of Jesus, the similarities don’t go much further. With his pressed white shirts, humble comportment and Bible tucked at his side, Alberto is the very picture of the clean-living evangelical, dismissing talk of a curse on his father as so much “nonsense”. But back home they practise their own indigenous strain of Christianity, one heavily streaked with Catholic pomp and influences from West Africa, known as Los Misterios. At the centre of Cocote is this push-pull between Alberto’s Christianity, of the pacific and turn-the-other-cheek variety, and the more fervid, half-pagan beliefs of his extended family, particularly his adoptive sister Karina (Judith Rodríguez), in whose minds the crime that has been committed demands repayment in blood. Source: Pinkerton, Nick. "Cocote." Sight and Sound, vol. 28, no. 8, 2018, p. 54-55. -
Regreso a Ítaca
Una terraza sobre La Habana, la vista panorámica de la puesta de sol. Cinco amigos se reúnen para celebrar el regreso de Amadeo después de dieciséis años de exilio. Desde el crepúsculo hasta el amanecer, recuerdan sus tiempos de juventud, el grupo que formaban, la fe que tenían en el futuro, y también su desencanto. (Kimbara Cine Cubano) -
Habana Blues
Ruy y Tito son amigos y sueñan con triunfar como músicos. Justo cuando preparan su primer concierto, unos productores, les proponen grabar en España. La oferta les obligará a replantearse sus afectos, sobre todo a Ruy, que vive con a madre de sus dos hijos, y pondrá incluso a prueba su amistad con Tito. (Kimbara Cine Cubano) -
Vestido de novia
Un relato sobre la transexualidad, la violencia de género y la "doble moral", recreado en los peores años de la crisis cubana de los noventa. Basado en hechos reales. El filme narra la historia de Rosa Elena y Ernesto, inmersos en la Habana de 1994. Ella, asistente de enfermería; él, jefe de una obra en construcción importante para el desarrollo turístico del país. Ambos se enamoran, se casan e intentan ser felices hasta que un secreto en la vida de ella amenaza esa armonía y los convierte en víctimas de la violencia, el prejuicio y los estereotipos de una sociedad que aún se encuentra regida por actitudes machistas y patriarcales. (Kimbara Cine Cubano) -
Nada
Carla Pérez trabaja como empleada en una oficina de correos. Sus padres la han inscrito en la lotería de las visas para obtener una residencia norteamericana, pero ella no tiene ninguna esperanza. Un día, un café se derrama accidentalmente sobre una carta y Carla descubre una manera anónima de ayudar a los demás. (Portal del cine y audiovisual latinoamericano y caribeño) -
Conducta impropia
Este documental memorable de Néstor Almendros, trata sobre a persecución de intelectuales y gays desde principios de la Revolución Cubana hasta los años 80. Este es un documento que horroriza y saca a relucir el verdadero trato inhumano de Fidel Castro y de los campos de concentración para los gays. (Kimbara Cine Cubano) -
Tú y yo
The Mrs., an old widow, and Aridia, a young maid, live together in a house filled with orchids in the center of Santo Domingo. Aridia cleans, the Mrs. gardens, and when work is slow, they can share some gossip. But sometimes, the atmosphere gets too tense: the Mrs. wakes up grumpy, she blames Aridia and when Aridia tries to defend herself, the Mrs. has to remind her "where her place is"; in time, they end up not talking to each other. But the hours pass by, the soap appears on TV, something happens in the neighborhood, and, out of nowhere, the Mrs. and Aridia come close again, ending the day sharing some laughs. The film is an excuse to watch their relationship closely, to perceive what happens when the border seems to diffuse itself in a place where difference of social class and race remain deep in the culture. (Cinema Tropical) -
Sirionó
A fictional account of the Sirionó community of Ibiato, just before the historic 1990 March for Land and Dignity to the nation's capital. A revolutionary guerilla fleeing from the dictatorship's military forces is mistakenly accepted as the teacher the community has been expecting. (Native American Film + Video Festival) -
Neruda
Es 1948 y Pablo Neruda es perseguido luego de declararse ilegal el Partido Comunista. Por encargo del President Gabriel González Videla, el policía Óscar Peluchonneau inicia la persecución. Neruda es ahora en poeta convertido en arma. Vive en la clandestinidad junto a su mujer Delia del Carril, escribe su Canto General e intenta huir del país mientras Peluchonneau le pisa los talones y respira su aliento. Pero el poeta usa la persecución para reinventarse, convirtiéndose en un símbolo mundial de libertad y en una leyenda literaria. (Cine Chile) -
Chuva é cantoria na aldeia dos mortos
João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora's hybrid [film] follows Ihjãc (Henrique-Ihjãc Krahô), a 15-year old indigenous Krahô from the north of Brazil, who runs away from home after he is called to direct his deceased father's spirit to the village of the dead. Denying his tribal duty as a prospective shaman, Ihjãc instead resides in the nearby town of Itcajá against the advice of his wife (Raene Kôtó Krahô) and community. (Cinema Tropical)