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| Cuba: An African Odyssey Foreign NR |
 | This revealing, award-winning documentary adds to our understanding of the Cold War through its least-known context - Africa.
From 1961 to 1991, the Dark Continent was a battleground for four different competing interests. The Soviet Union wanted to extend its influence into a new continent; the U.S. lusted after Africa's natural resources; former European empires felt their grip on the area weaken; and, newly formed African nations led by Amilcar Cabral, Agostinho Neto, and Patrice Lumumba f...
Cast: Cuba: An African Odyssey
Director: Jihan El Tahri |
| Carros Classicos de Cuba: Yank Tanks Foreign NR |
 | When Fidel Castro became leader of Cuba the United States began the four-decade-long trade embargo, stranding 150,000 American cars. Stunning footage captures these exotic and colorful cars that roam the island paradise. In a climate of Castro conformity, they represent freedom for those who own them. The hard-working and resourceful Cubans cherish the American (Yank) cars (Tanks) and take the phrase, "living with less" to a new level. These classic Caddies, Buicks and Hudsons still cruise H...
Cast: Carros Classicos De Cuba
Director: David Schendel |
| Barrio Cuba Foreign NR |
 | A portrait of a country and a moment where preserving dignity becomes a hard task. Human beings striving for a little happiness in La Havana. They live life to its fullest, propelling themselves over and over against an uncertain fate, searching for a way out.
Cast: Jorge Perugorria (Upcoming Steven Soderbergh Film, Guerrilla-The Che Guevara Story, and the Oscar Nominated, Strawberry Chocolate ), Luisa Maria Jimenez ( I am Cuba ) Mario Limonta (Ariel Goya Award Winner
Director: Humberto Solas |
| Cuba Vista Music & Concert NR |
 | CUBA VISTA presents a look at the people of Cuba through some of their most popular musicians. Included in this collection are: Los Soneros De Cuba, José González, Habana All Stars, Daniel Miranda, Don Alberto Rodrigéz, Pedro Martinez, Sexteto Habana, Oscar Reguera, and Luis F. Carrillo.
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| CUBA MIA: Portrait of an All-Woman Orchestra Music & Concert NR |
 | Two beautiful musicians, playing the harmonies of Cuban soul, demonstrate the power of music to cross timeless boundaries.
Winner of over 14 film awards and distinctions, including the CINE Golden Eagle Award and the TELLY Gold Award, Cuba Mia captures the music of Cuba as you have never seen before. This is a story of the amazingly talented and spirited musicians of Camerata Romeu, an all women orchestra, filled with dazzling faces and fiery performances that will astonish and delight you. Led...
Cast: Zenaida Romeu
Director: Cecilia Domeyko |
| I Am Cuba Classic NR |
 | "A Sensuously Beautiful Movie. A hymn to the liberation of appetite…IRRESISTIBLE!" - David Denby, New York Magazine
The most acclaimed discovery of the decade! Filmed by great Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov (The Cranes are Flying), I Am Cuba is an epic poem to Communist kitsch - a whirling, feverish dance through the sensuous decadence of Batista's Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. In four main stories showing the rise of the revolution, Kalatozov's ast...
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Director: Mikhail Kalatozov |
| Forgotten Island, The: Cuba Documentary NR |
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The Passion. The Music. The Struggle.
As irresistible rhythms of Salsa, passionate dancing and unmistakable whiffs of cigars fill the air, an unforgettable history of a nation forgotten emerges from an island paradise. Cuba… a land where passion and politics unite to give birth to a unique nation inspired by the exuberance of a remarkable people.
In this special collection of three exciting programs, 'Cuba's Conquistadors' documents Cuban history when mobsters Meyer Lansky and Lucky ...
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Director: Mark Ubsdell |
| Cuba...A Musical Journey Music & Concert NR |
 | A beautiful musical and visual journey of Cuba, it's music, vistas and customs of the island. This is a great DVD both for Cubans who remember the island, as well as anyone intrigued by Cuba, which has rarely been accessible to the U.S. market in 40 years. It's a great DVD at a great price.
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1. Son Retozen (2:48) - (Antonio Machin) Orquesta Barreto
2. Que Mire (3:07) - (Aldo Jova) Orquesta Barreto
3. Si Te Vas (2:32) - (Ernesto Puentes) Orquesta Barreto
4. Que Problem...
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| Audioslave: Live in Cuba (with Bonus CD) Music & Concert NR |
 | Filmed Live At The Anti-Imperialist Plaza In Havana, Cuba 05/06/2005
Tracks:
Set It Off
Your Time Has Come
Like A Stone
Spoonman
The Worm
Gasoline
Heaven's Dead
Doesn't Remind Me
Be Yourself
Bulls on Parade
Sleep Now in The Fire
Out of Exile
Outshined
Shadow on the Sun
Black Hole Sun
I Am the Highway
Show Me How To Live
Cochise
Cast: Chris Cornell, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk, Tom Morello
Director: Lawrence Jordan (II) |
| Viva Cuba Foreign NR |
 | Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's mother a poor socialist proud of her family's social standing, places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malú and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malu's mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malu's father...
Cast: Abel Rodriguez Ramirez, Malu Tarrau Broche, Jorgito Milo Avila, Larisa Vega Alamar, Luisa Maria Jimenez Rodriguez
Director: Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti |
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