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Written and directed by James Orr, the 53-minute video chronicles the entire process of Cuban cigar making, from planting to packaging, offering rare, never before seen footage of the facilities where these cigars are pr
Enthusiastic Ian Wright takes a train journey across the Caribbean island of Cuba. Starting in Havana, he travels to places such as Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, Trinidad and Morón. Special calm train rides with unexpected st
Kafe Negro tells the story of migrations around a small grain that became the second most important raw material on the global market. This film tells the story of the waves of migration of Haitian workers who, over time
The opening ceremony of the First National Sports Games in Cuba. A runner carrying the Olympic torch enters the stadium while hundreds of flag bearers perform an impressive dance. Delegations from several regions march i
Filming of the arrival of the Spanish soldiers from the Cuban War.
During the liberation struggle two organisations, the FLOSSY and the NLF, were fighting against the British occupation troops. Mainly the petit bourgeoisie and trade unionists from the Crown Colony of Aden supported the
After fleeing Cuba with his family when he was 7, Dallas artist Rolando Diaz returns to Havana to revisit his old neighborhood and learn more about the contemporary art scene in the city.
A Vitagraph film about the war of 1898
For decades, Cuba has been shielded from the digital revolution that has spread around the world. But that is changing. This film dives into the stories behind the statistics. What are the drivers of change in Cuba? How
A report on the visit to Cuba by Valentina Tereškova, the first woman to fly in space and the first Soviet cosmonaut. As the (unidentified) narrator points out, she is a “textile worker, a communist, and a Soviet woman w
In Santiago de Cuba, rival conga bands scour the sparse marketplace for materials to create show-stopping numbers for the annual Carnival competition. O’Reilly’s film follows young, innovative Lázaro, who is determined t
A brief account of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the end of the Spanish Empire in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
The short film captures the tireless battle of Namibia Flores Rodriguez, the only known female boxer in the Caribbean nation. Training at Havana’s Rafael Trejo arena in defiance of the ban, the athlete undertakes the sam
Abraham and Eugenia: Stories From Jewish Cuba tells the story of two people living in Cuba who have held onto their faith in the years since the 1959 revolution.
Until the age of 28 Elina Geida had no idea who her father was. As a young girl growing up in Latvia, she'd always wondered but the information wasn't there. Then, overnight that changed when she discovered he lived in C
Documentary about economic development in Cuba, particularly the effort to boost output of sugar cane. This film is made from a compilation of newsreel footage from the Cuban film institute and from Santiago Alvarez's fi