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"¡Socialismo o muerte! (in defence of Cuban socialism)" is a short documentary looking at the latest imperialist assault on the Cuban revolution following protests against shortages across the island in mid-July. The fil
The "For Official Use Only" 2006 training video produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) about the case of Ana Belén Montes, a Cuban spy who rose to become DIA's top analyst for Cuban affairs. She was trained by
Get the "Afro-Cuban Vibe" injected into your drum playing! Latin Music superstar Maria Martinez reveals her Revolutionary Studies for Afro-Cuban Rhythms in this classic Hal Leonard video series. You'll learn Coordination
In 1974, the GDR and the Leipzig festival celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution with the “Cuban Documentary Film” retrospective. Santiago Álvarez, vigorous propagandist of documentary film as an art of
This documentary, shot entirely on location in Havana, includes many band members' insights into this revival, and features performance footage of an All-Stars' concert at the city's Salon of Dreams.
For thirteen days in October 1962, the US and the Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war. This behind-the-scenes story shows how John F. Kennedy resisted the forces pushing him towards war and how he saved the wo
There was a historical reason for the Cuban revolution. After all these years, there might be some who still think it a great thing, but it doesn't work for everyone. This film is the story of those people who it doesn't
Between 1960 and 1962, more than 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban children were sent out of the island by their parents to escape the repressive communist government. What was, at the time, the largest recorded child refugee e
Cuba has produced the most Olympic boxing medalists of any country in the world. Explore the powerful story of how a revolutionary Cuban boxing experiment produced a generation of Olympic champions.
Cubanos, a completely independent production, liberates itself from television convention to draw an impressionist portrait of the Cuban community. Sincere interviews and sequence shots reveal an identity fragmented by 4
A documentary that highlights the pivotal role of women in the guerrilla struggle and the revolution’s evolution. It features heroines like Vilma Espín, Celia Sánchez, and Haydée Santamaría, alongside voices of workers,
A photo montage of Cubans filmed by Agnès Varda during her visit to Cuba in 1963, four years after Fidel Castro came to power. This black & white documentary explores their socialist culture and society while making use
The relationship between Cuban doctors and their own country, its authorities and their families. It also explores the relationship between them and their patients in Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, the United States, Portugal
A man wanders aimlessly through Havana, having several surreal encounters.
Blanquita, a very superstitious Cuban young woman, visits a fortune teller on the eve of her wedding to Roberto. She predicts that her first husband is destined to die, as well as would not make her happy. Believing thi
After the triumph of the Revolution, the construction of a new society reshapes the lives of a group of characters, forcing each of them to confront a transformed future. Luis, a young, poor Black man; Fernando, an exile
Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half of the 20th century as seen by the documentary filmmakers of the island.
When the Vocal Vidas, an all-female Cuban quartet, are invited to play their first show in the US, a simple concert becomes a journey across physical and ideological borders – affirming the connective power of music, eve
Documentary about the forming of a second Buena Vista Social Club, the world famous Cuban band. Barbaro, a Cuban taxi driver, meets the singer Pio Leyva, one of the stars from BVS Club, and convinces him to form a new ba