BUSCANDO A CASAL / WHERE ARE YOU, CASAL?
Jorge Luis Sánchez | Cuba | Fiction | 2019 | 118 min
Julian del Casal, a 19th-century Cuban poet, dares to confront the island's highest authority by publishing an ironic article about the Captain General. The latter's reaction is swift, and he imposes a tightening siege on Casal’s life, using the lowest means to achieve the artist’s destruction. After facing doubts and defeats, Casal ultimately defends his choice of freedom to the very end.
Time: 2:00pm
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LOS SOBREVIVIENTES / THE SURVIVORS
Tomás Gutierrez Alea | Cuba | Fiction | 1979 | 112 min
Abandoned by their servants, members of an aristocratic family in Cuba are forced to fend for themselves in this classic of Cuban cinema, digitally restored by the Academy. At the triumph of the Revolution, a family of the high bourgeoisie decide to isolate themselves in their mansion and ignore the changes that occurred in the country. They assume that things will soon return to as they were. They live the material and moral disintegration, in a historical regression.
Time: 4:15pm
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ALMA DEL DESIERTO
Mónica Taboada - Tapia | Colombia-Brazil | Documentary | 2024 | 87 min
In the arid landscapes of La Guajira, Colombia, Georgina, a transgender Wayúu woman in the third act of her life, knows that her time is running out and wants to change her existence. With nothing to lose, she sets out to meet her siblings, who don’t speak Spanish and barely survive on the fringes of the opaque Colombian bureaucratic system. Amid open wounds, memories, and unfathomable geographical and emotional distances, Georgina and her people agree that enough is enough. Alma del desierto emerges as a story of resilience, a symbol of hope, and a fervent struggle for justice.
Time: 6:30pm
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EN LA CALIENTE: TALES OF A REGGAETON WARRIOR
Fabien Pisani | Cuba-USA | Documentary | 2024 | 87 min | NY PREMIERE
He came from nowhere, forever changed the country with his music, then disappeared. A tragic portrait of one of the most consequential and forgotten artists in contemporary Cuba. A film about youth, music, and rebellion.
Time: 8:15pm
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