Cuban Studies
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VAMPIRES IN HAVANAAnimation Children & Young Adult Cuban Studies
This feature-length animated cartoon for adults is a hilariously funny spoof of horror and
gangster movies done up in an outrageously caricatured, bawdy style reminiscent of Fritz
the Cat.
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HAVANA POSTMODERN: THE NEW CUBAN ARTArt History Latin-American Studies Spanish Language Cuban Studies
Examines the new Cuban art movement and its social and cultural roots, featuring
interviews with artists and students at Cuba's top art school, who discuss Cuban national
identity, censorship and self-expression, and how one makes a living as an artist in a
socialist society.
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EVERYDAY ARTSpanish Language Performing Arts Music Latin-American Studies Cultural Studies Anthropology Directed by Women Cuban Studies
This contemporary portrait of folkloric traditions in Cuba, focusing on the everyday life
of musicians and dancers.
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THE LIFE AND POETRY OF JULIA DE BURGOSWomen's Studies Spanish Language Short Films Literature Latino Studies Latin-American Studies Cuban Studies
This docudrama portrays the life and work of the great Puerto Rican poet, from her
impoverished childhood in Puerto Rico, to her political involvement as a young woman in
the nationalist movement, to her subsequent exile in Cuba and New York where she died
in 1953.
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FOR THE FIRST TIMESpanish Language Latin-American Studies Cinema Studies Short Films Cuban Studies
Celebrates the universal and almost magical appeal of motion pictures by showing a
Cuban Film Institute mobile film unit traveling deep into the Cuban countryside to show
peasants their first movie.
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THE NEW CINEMA OF LATIN AMERICA (series)Latin-American Studies Cinema Studies Spanish Language Women's Studies Cuban Studies
This two-part documentary examines the social and artistic roots of the national cinemas
of Latin America.
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