Cinquillo Cubano

A History of Cuban Dance

Transport yourself to Cuba through the magic of virtual reality and experience the story of the island revealed in the evolution of moves and styles from Afro-Cuban santeria through rumba, tumba, mambo, cha-cha-cha, mode

Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories

This documentary traces the tangled paths and multifaceted identity of a black Cuban family in the Bronx. The subjects of this film experienced firsthand some of the great historical events of the 20th century – they saw

Carolina Segrera, 'The Cuban Nightingale'

Opera singer Carolina Segrera belts out a couple tunes in this early Vitaphone short that has her being backed by don Alberto and His Argentines.

Zucchero - La Sesion Cubana

Zucchero describes his new album in his own words: My music, as everybody knows, comes from blues, from soul, from gospel. This project is a trip from New Orleans to Cuba via Mexicali. Latin, Cuban, tex-mex sounds and rh

Cuban Fireball

Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself." The plot finds Estelita arriving in Los Angeles to claim a multimillion-dollar inheritance. To fend off fortune hunte

Palmas cubanas

El Medico: The Cubaton Story

El Medico has to decide between doing his duty to the State, as a doctor fulfilling his mothers dream, or being an artist

Mondongo Cubano

During the Special Period, a lion tamer decides to bring a lion into his small apartment hoping the government will grant him and his family the right to move into a decent home.

A la cubana

Eva locks herself in the bathroom of her house surrounded by explosives. She can't take it anymore. Her husband, after fifteen years of marriage, has made Cuban-style rice again.

Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey

Follows the Mariel boatlift, a mass emigration of Cubans who traveled from Cuba's Mariel Harbor to the United States between April 15 and October 31, 1980.

Cubamerican

CUBAMERICAN is the story of how the Cuban Revolution shattered the Cuban family. Spanning the past 60 years of Cuban history, the film explores tragedy, loss, freedom, assimilation, struggle and success through the stori

Hablando del punto cubano

Analyzes the typical features of the punto, a Cuban musical tradition from the days of Spanish colonialism.

Cuban Lullaby

The film is about what to do to calm the child.

Cuban Volunteers Embarking

We see a dozen or so Cubans walking a plank onto a ship.

Castro's Daughter

Follows the true-life story of Cuban exile turned social advocate, Alina Fernandez, whose birth was the result of the tryst between Revuelta and Castro. Revuelta sacrificed her and her physician husband’s personal belong

Alain Jean-Marie, impressions cubaines

On the occasion of his 80th birthday, an intimate documentary follows the illustrious pianist and great French jazz musician, Alain Jean-Marie from Guadeloupe, on a recent trip to Cuba. He talks about his career, his ado

Carlos Acosta's Cuban Night

International ballet star Carlos Acosta curates and stars in a mixed programme of vibrant Cuban dance inspired by his homeland and performed and recorded on the main stage of the Royal Opera House in July 2014. Uniting d

CirkaCuba

Michael Olivera & The Cuban Jazz Syndicate

A musical show by a spirited Cuban band as part of the Las Noches del Monumental series on Spanish television... The Cuban Michael Olivera is closely connected to the jazz scene. He is one of the most important drummers