Film Series
All films shown with English subtitles, except for Cuba Feliz.
Location is Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute for International Studies, 111 Thayer Street.
All film showings are at 7:00 p.m. A brief lecture on the film will precede the showing.
Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
La Última Cena
Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Álea, 1976
In this film, which is based on an incident from 18th century Cuban history, a Havana sugar plantation owner decides to instruct his slaves in the tenets of Christianity by inviting twelve of them to a reenactment of the Last Supper.
Presented by the CLACS Cuba Film Series.
Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Cuba Feliz (music documentary)
Directed by
Karem Dridi, 2000
Seventy-six-year-old Cuban street musician Miguel Del Morales, known as El Gallo (The Rooster), travels around Cuba with his guitar, making music in the homes of friends, in bars, on street corners, in courtyards, and stairwells. "Cuba Feliz" was an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival.
Presented by the CLACS Cuba Film Series.
Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 7:00 PM
El Súper
Directed by
Leon Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez Leal, 1979
Slice of life look at Roberto and Aurelia, Cuban exiles living in New York City with their 17-year-old daughter Aurelita.
Shot on a shoestring budget, El Súper is still considered to be the definitive film about the Cuban exile experience.
Presented by the CLACS Cuba Film Series.
Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Cuban Hip Hop All Stars (music documentary)
Directed by Joshua Bee Alafia, 2004
In this documentary, filmmaker Joshua Bee Alafia examines Havana's burgeoning hip hop scene and the 1999 recording of a groundbreaking compilation of a dozen hip hop groups, whose music has been deemed at times by Cuban authorities as counter-revolutionary. Cuban hip hop incorporates instruments such as batas (tall drums), congas, live drums, guitar bass, and rumba, salsa, and mambo influences.
Presented by the CLACS Cuba Film Series.
Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Vampiros En La Habana (animation)
Directed by Juan Padrón, 1987
In this animated film, a Cuban scientist invents a potion that allows vampires to be able to live in the sunlight, which sparks a battle between American and the East European vampires for control of the potion.
Presented by the CLACS Cuba Film Series.
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