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UVM Hispanic Film Series

“Art and Revolution: Cuba 50 Years After”

 

Admission is free & open to the UVM community

 

All films are on Wednesdays at 4:00 P.M. in Waterman 427. 

 

SEPTEMBER 30                   Lista de espera (Waiting List), dir. Juan Carlos Tabío (102 mins, 2000)

 

At a small remote bus station, several people in need of transportation to all parts of the island have come to try to find means of getting to their destinations. Unfortunately, the local bus, based at the station, is being repaired and eventually breaks down beyond repair. Resigned to working together, the group magically transforms the station into a beautiful place where no one wants to leave. Spanish with English subtitles.

 

 

OCTOBER 7          Viva Cuba, dir. Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti (80 mins, 2005)

 

The friendship between two children, Malú and Jorgito, is threatened by their parents' social and political differences. When the children learn that Malú's mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malú's father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it. Spanish with English subtitles.

 

 

OCTOBER 14        Balseros, dir. Josep M. Domènech (120 mins, 2002)

 

Documentary account of seven Cuban refugees--and their families--who risked their lives to venture towards America's shores on homemade rafts. While Presidents Clinton and Fidel Castro argued over the closing of Cuba's coast in the chaotic summer of 1994, nearly 50,000 "balseros" (a slang term for Cuban rafters) set out towards Florida, navigating the shark-infested waters on vessels made of wood, nails, and tar. English.

 

 

OCTOBER 21        Suite Habana, dir. Fernando Pérez (80 mins, 2003)

 

Documentary combines with narrative fiction to offer a leisurely-paced look into the lives of ten average Cubans in director Fernando Pérez's celluloid meditation on life in modern-day Havana. From children playing in the streets to the elderly woman who seldom moves from her place in front of the television, Perez thoughtfully combines songs and imagery to fully immerse the viewer in the Cuban experience. Music soundtrack (no dialogue).

 

Film Series organized by Ignacio López-Vicuña (ilopezvi@uvm.edu)

Sponsors: Romance Languages Department, Latin American Studies Club

Last modified September 24 2009 02:41 PM