This program of five short films offers an introduction to the subversive Cuban experimental filmmaker and painter Nicolás Guillén Landrián.
Coffea Ara’bia (1968)
18min, digital
Commissioned by the government to produce a propaganda film on Cuban coffee, Landrián smuggled dissent into the project, turning it into a cinematic Trojan horse which drew a ban after the so-called Cuban “coffee plan” fell apart.
En un bario Viejo (1963)
9min, digital
Life in one of Havana's old neighborhoods is captured on film
Los del baile (1965)
6min, digital
People dance to a performance by Pello el Afrokán’s Orchestra in this short video essay. Like P.M., the government censored Los del baile for presenting an “undesirable” image of Havana nightlife.
Ociel del Toa (1965)
17min, digital
A poetic rendering of the lives of the people who inhabit the banks of the Toa River in Cuba’s Oriente province.
Reportaje (1966)
19min, SD file
A group of the Cuban poor convene to discuss politics and eventually set a large rag-doll ablaze in an act of collective exorcism.
Taller de Linea y 18 (1971)
15min, SD file
Landrián’s first project to feature conventional documentary-style narration offers audiences a glimpse inside the workings of a bustling Havana factory.
Coffea Ara’bia (1968)
18min, digital
Commissioned by the government to produce a propaganda film on Cuban coffee, Landrián smuggled dissent into the project, turning it into a cinematic Trojan horse which drew a ban after the so-called Cuban “coffee plan” fell apart.
En un bario Viejo (1963)
9min, digital
Life in one of Havana's old neighborhoods is captured on film
Los del baile (1965)
6min, digital
People dance to a performance by Pello el Afrokán’s Orchestra in this short video essay. Like P.M., the government censored Los del baile for presenting an “undesirable” image of Havana nightlife.
Ociel del Toa (1965)
17min, digital
A poetic rendering of the lives of the people who inhabit the banks of the Toa River in Cuba’s Oriente province.
Reportaje (1966)
19min, SD file
A group of the Cuban poor convene to discuss politics and eventually set a large rag-doll ablaze in an act of collective exorcism.
Taller de Linea y 18 (1971)
15min, SD file
Landrián’s first project to feature conventional documentary-style narration offers audiences a glimpse inside the workings of a bustling Havana factory.
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RUNNING TIME
84min
VENUE
LANGUAGE
All films in Spanish with English subtitles
TICKET INFORMATION
General Admission: $17
Members: $12
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