Category Archives: Cuba

He Just Keeps Rollin’ Along

Nearing 90, the Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés is still recording and performing. Tribeca Film Festival 2008, April 23-May 4Old Man Bebo111 minutesDirected by Carlos CarcasWith Bebo Valdés, Chucho Valdés, Leonardo Acosta, Omara Portuondo, and Fernando TruebaFrom Spain By Mary Lyn … Continue reading

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Paraíso Perdido

Filmmaker Camila Guzmán Urzúa (center) in the “Golden Age” of post-revolutionary Cuba with her classmates, called Pioneers.Tribeca Film Festival, NYC, April 25-May 6, 2007 The Sugar Curtain (El Telón de Azúcar)80 minutesDirected by Camila Guzmán UrzúaFrom France, Cuba, and Spain … Continue reading

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