Documentary about Cuban pianist and singer Bola de Nieve, aka Ignácio Villa, black, gay, mystic, pro-revolution and, above all, musician, one of the Latin-American myths of the 20th Century.
A trip through Cuba, from the inner-city to the capital city, where a Flying Pigeon bike encourages the Cuban public to talk about their lives and the history of the country during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Revolution.
A celebration of Cuba's eastern city of Santiago de Cuba and its Black and Afro-Cuban population-a place where colonial past and contemporary customs mingle.
Despite not seeing their father’s homeland until their sixth decade, the Galde family and their social position in Cuba has long been marked by their Haitianness – an identity they and their children negotiate in various ways throughout Mondesir’s generous and intimate documentary. Through moments of work, rest, and celebration, the film produces a deceptively profound portrait of a family, a neighbourhood, and a nation.
Filmmaker Mary Jane Doherty follows two students for three years in Cuba's National Ballet School.
Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
The film, recorded in Cuba 33 years after Shakur's exile, consists primarily of a personal interview with Assata herself on the day her mother died as she recounts her experience as a political prisoner in the United States.
'Coffea arábiga' was sponsored as a propaganda documentary to show how to sow coffee around Havana.