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  • AlabbaAlabba - An exploration of the fascinating history of Santeria.

  • B

  • A Bridge Over the River - Profiles Lency, a man who lives in Cuba's central mountains who has a creative solution to all of life's daily problems there.

  • C

  • Codigo Color, Memorias - An exploration of racism and skin color in Cuba during the 1950s.

  • Cuban Animations from the Young Directors Film Festival - Eight animated shorts from the most important showcase for young cinematic talent in Cuba

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  • December DaysDecember Days - Between 1975 and 1991, Cuba sent more than 400,000 soldiers and civilians to Angola to support of the country's left-wing government. Two thousand of them never returned.

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  • Elena - Follows several residents in the "Elena" building, located in Central Havana, over a three-year period.

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  • The Infinite Island - In this doc-fiction hybrid, a peasant journeys through the Sierra Maestra to buy a new mule.

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  • Los Puros - A Cuban filmmaker explores her parents' memories of the USSR.

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  • MachitoMachito - The Cuban band leader Frank "Machito" Grillo.

  • Major Leagues? - Profiles members of the Cuban National women's baseball team, who pursue their passion in a soceity filled with machismo and prejudice.

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  • New Comedy Shorts from Cuba - This DVD collects two recent comedy shorts from Cuba.

  • R

  • Rethinking Cuban Civil Society - Unveils the complexities of a Cuban society frequently misrepresented by the media.

  • Roads of Lava - A Cuban mother educates her son about the harsh realities of discrimination.

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  • Sankara's Orphans - In 1986, 600 orphans and rural children from Burkina-Faso were sent to Cuba with the mission of learning a trade so they could come back and develop their country, which was undergoing a Revolution. But after the assassination in 1987 of the country's president and the end of the Cold War, how were they to return?

  • The Singular Story of Unlucky Juan - A comprehensive, accessible examination of the particularities of the Cuban economy.

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  • They Are We - Anthropologist's film reunites a family 200 years after they were torn apart by the transatlantic slave trade.

  • TierralismoTierralismo - An in-depth portrait of a Cuban agricultural collective that has drawn international acclaim for its sustainable practices.

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  • Zone of Silence - Five Cuban intellectuals discuss censorship as a historical, political and social phenomenon.

More Films & DVDs on Cuba
  • The Sugar Curtain - An intimate portrait by Camila Guzmán Urzúa about growing up in Cuba during the "golden years" of the Cuban Revolution.