From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature
Cuban Film Festival
![cuba_film.jpg](/uploads/2015/07/13/cuba_film.jpg)
Date:
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Time:
12:00 PM
-
9:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
ANSWER Coalition
Email:
Phone:
415-821-6545
Location Details:
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
Come enjoy this Cuban film series, to mark the 62nd anniversary of the historic Moncada assault. Learn more about Cuba’s revolution, culture, and people!
Suggested Donation: $5-20, good all day or part of program.
6:00 dinner (optional): $5
All films are Spanish w/English subtitles.
12:00 pm "Montana de Luz (Mountain of Light)" – Cuban doctors’ international missions in Latin America and Africa. 53min. 2005
1:30 pm "Fidel"– documents the life of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. Directed by Estela Bravo, 91min., 2001
3:15 pm "Strawberry and Chocolate" - This moving and groundbreaking film was the first to deal openly and directly with homosexuality, 1994, 108 min.
5:15 pm "Maestra" - An inspiring telling of the 1961 Literacy Campaign, with interviews of nine woman who, as young girls, taught in the campaign. A film by Catherine Murphy. 33 min.
6:20 pm "Rogelio Martínez Furé, A Cuban Griot" - Portrait of writer, Africanist, scholar of folklore, and founder of the National Folkloric Ballet of Cuba. Director Juanamaría Cordones-Cook will introduce her film in person. (2014), 30 min.
7:00 pm "Memories of Underdevelopment" – An intellectual is caught between his privileged history and the new revolution’s ideals. The classic film by director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. 1968, 97min.
Sponsored by ANSWER Coalition and National Committee to Free the Cuban Five (now free!)
Suggested Donation: $5-20, good all day or part of program.
6:00 dinner (optional): $5
All films are Spanish w/English subtitles.
12:00 pm "Montana de Luz (Mountain of Light)" – Cuban doctors’ international missions in Latin America and Africa. 53min. 2005
1:30 pm "Fidel"– documents the life of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. Directed by Estela Bravo, 91min., 2001
3:15 pm "Strawberry and Chocolate" - This moving and groundbreaking film was the first to deal openly and directly with homosexuality, 1994, 108 min.
5:15 pm "Maestra" - An inspiring telling of the 1961 Literacy Campaign, with interviews of nine woman who, as young girls, taught in the campaign. A film by Catherine Murphy. 33 min.
6:20 pm "Rogelio Martínez Furé, A Cuban Griot" - Portrait of writer, Africanist, scholar of folklore, and founder of the National Folkloric Ballet of Cuba. Director Juanamaría Cordones-Cook will introduce her film in person. (2014), 30 min.
7:00 pm "Memories of Underdevelopment" – An intellectual is caught between his privileged history and the new revolution’s ideals. The classic film by director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. 1968, 97min.
Sponsored by ANSWER Coalition and National Committee to Free the Cuban Five (now free!)
For more information:
http://www.ANSWERsf.org
Added to the calendar on Mon, Jul 13, 2015 4:32PM
Add Your Comments
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!
Get Involved
If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.
Publish
Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.
Topics
More
Search Indybay's Archives
Advanced Search
►
▼
IMC Network