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This Afro-Cuban Masterpiece From Sara Gomez, Cuba’s First Female Director, Is Screening in Brooklyn

Andrew S. Vargas — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 16:56:18 +0000

Making a feature film is never easy, but across the world few would-be filmmakers have encountered as many institutional barriers as black women. In fact, it wasn’t until 1991’s Daughters of the Dust, written and directed by Julie Dash, that a black female director found widespread distribution in the United States (for those counting, that’s

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Latino Cinema 101: Essential Films from Cuba’s Post-Revolution Golden Age

Andrew S. Vargas — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:49:19 +0000

In 1960, the new revolutionary government created a national film studio known as ICAIC to stimulate filmmaking in Cuba. Here are its most important works.

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A Look Back at the Afro-Cuban Films of Sara Gomez, Cuba’s First Female Director

Andrew S. Vargas — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 23:24:36 +0000

We revisit the post-revolution films of Sara Gomez who put a spotlight on Afro-Cubans.

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