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Cinephile Sunday: Cuban Film Series (Presented by the San-Havana Project)
Sun, Mar 01Arthouse at Blue Star(Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1993) One of the most popular films in Cuba it achieved unparalleled international acclaim, becoming the first Cuban film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film. This movie represented a cultural milestone in its release.
Sun, Mar 01Arthouse at Blue Star(Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1968) After his wife and family flee in the wake of the Bay of Pigs invasion, the bourgeois intellectual Sergio passes his days wandering Havana in idle reflection, his amorous entanglements and political ambivalence gradually giving way to a mounting sense of alienation.
Sun, Mar 08Arthouse at Blue Star(Juan Padrón, 1985) A vampire family in Cuba joins the battle between U.S. and European ranks of the undead.
Sun, Mar 08Arthouse at Blue Star(Enrique Colina, 2003) A hugely popular comedy hit in Cuba in early 2003, this comedy-drama follows Tomás, a telephone repairman, navigating daily life and social constraints in Havana after losing his home to a storm.
Sun, Mar 15Arthouse at Blue Star(Mikhail Kalatozov, 1968) Both a landmark of radical political cinema and one of the most visually ravishing films ever made, this legendary hymn to revolution shimmers across the screen like a fever dream of rebellion.
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