After attending the sundance film festival in 2015, zuzy martin lynch was inspired. Cinema arrived in cuba at the beginning of the 20th century. Craving cuba is an awardwinning documentary film about the cubanamerican experience and their complicated relationship with cuba. It explores identity and what it means to be and become american. Filmed over the course of 40 days and 40 nights in new jersey, new york, miami, san francisco, fort worth and havana, martin lynch was driven and determined to complete the documentary within a year to create a time capsule of this moment in cubau. Oct 12, 2016 cuba and curiosity at the new york film festival. Craving cuba 2015 stream and watch online moviefone. The award is handed out annually by the united states academy of motion picture arts and sciences to a featurelength motion picture produced outside the united states that contains primarily nonenglish dialogue. Focuses on the cubas culture, meticulously maintained colonial architecture and pristine ecosystems at a time when the nation is undergoi. Films daction americain complet en francais 2016 d. Published on nov 20, 2016 craving cuba is a documentary film about the cubanamerican experience and their complicated relationship with cuba.
Five best cuban films screening at miff 2016 miami new times. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover zuzys connections and jobs at similar. Aug 16, 2016 the toronto international film festival tiff announced today the complete lineup for its 41st edition taking place september 818, with a plethora of productions from latin america including films from argentina, brazil, colombia, chile, cuba, and mexico. Directed by sergio navarretta, written by alessandra piccione, produced by s. This video provides insight into my second trip to cuba in june of 2016, where i visited havana, vinales, cienfuegos and trinidad, as well as the bay of pigs.
Craving cuba film screening and discussion with director zuzelin. Cuba has a good storyline but goes at a very slow pace. She interviews people throughout the us, strives to balance between conservative and liberal views, questions stereotypes and explores what it means to be cubanamerican in a time when the whole world is obsessed with cuba. Awardwinning documentary film about cubanamericans and their complicated relationship with cuba. A documentary that explores bicultural identity through the cubanamerican lens, exploring the cubanamerican experience and their complicated relationship with cuba. What you really have is a tale of romance which focuses more on the scenery then character development. There is really not a lot of action in this film other than when they go out hunting and at the end. Following the revolution, cuba entered what is considered the golden age of cuban cinema. List of cuban submissions for the academy award for best. Films daction americain complet en francais 2016 daventure nouveaute 2016. Share on facebook share on twitter send email more comment. Films from argentina, brazil, colombia, chile, cuba, and. Martin lynch was driven and determined to complete the documentary within a.
Martin lynch was driven and determined to complete the documentary within a year to create a. Craving cuba new video digital cinedigm entertainment. Film screening craving cuba cuban research institute. Cuba has submitted films for consideration in the academy award for best international feature film category at the oscars since 1978.
Check out craving cuba, a documentary film on indiegogo. Weve spent the better part of the year reading about the importance of cubaus engagement from media outlets like new york times, wall street journal, and a myriad of other outlets. But on this past saturday, april 9, the spotlight was on documentary films. Follow the journey of a cubanamerican woman who was born in new jersey to cubanexiles and has never been to cuba. The official movie site for the cuban, starring lou gossett jr. Released in february 2016, the film has been accepted to eight film festivals and won. Produced by zuzelin martin lynch, craving cuba is a film documentary about the cubanamerican experience and its complicated relationship with cuba. Craving cuba and havana motor club are the other cuban documentaries to be shown at the festival. Cuba and curiosity at the new york film festival the new. A cubanamerican woman seeks to understand her true identity. I love the streetlevel imagery and the classic characters that as a whole describe a place unique and fascinating in a weird way, lets sat with its own style. It was a remarkably different experience to witness cuba as an european, as opposed to a us citizen on my first trip.
What do you think about the us trade embargo against cuba. Craving cuba is a documentary film about the cubanamerican experience and their complicated relationship with cuba. Sep 26, 2016 craving cuba is an awardwinning documentary film about cubanamericans and their complicated relationship with cuba. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. If you have the opportunity to visit this country, please dont stop when you touch the sand, but go deeper and look for the real cuba. After attending the sundance film festival in 2015, zuzy martin lynch, was inspired by the. Craving cuba craving cuba is an awardwinning documentary film about cubanamericans and their complicated relationship with cuba. Before the cuban revolution of 1959, about 80 fulllength films were produced in cuba. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Five other recent cuban dramatic features will be presented this week, three of them u. Directed by sergio navarretta, written by alessandra piccione.
Documentary insights at the havana film festival new york. Jan 26, 2017 film explores cubanamericans complicated relationship with longshrouded country 90 miles of the coast of florida zuzelin martin lynchs documentary, craving cuba, will be screened at the new jersey film festival on feb. Mar 07, 2016 this year, however, the miami international film festival will screen five of cuba s most recent imports. Cuban film premiers this 2016 culture granma official. Craving cuba is a documentary film about the cubanamerican experience and its complicated relationship with cuba. Zuzy martinaly filmmaker, creator producer, director. It explores identity and what it means to be and become american in a time when the whole world is obsessed with cuba. This is a story about identity, family, exile and hope. Synopsis it looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. The coming of spring also brings the 17th edition of the havana film festival new york hffny.
I am cuba released in 1964, this film tries to show the struggles of the cuban people before and after the revolution of the late 1950s. The film centers on the friendship between hemingway, played by adrian sparks, and ed myers, giovanni ribisi, a young writer who travels to cuba to meet his idol. In director richard lesters cuba, sean connery plays british soldieroffortune robert dapes, sent to havana during the last days of the batista regime. Nov 19, 2016 craving cuba is a documentary film about the cubanamerican experience and their complicated relationship with cuba. Five things we learned from the documentary craving cuba, about. Yet, as beautiful and passionate and alluring as cuba is, it is also very complicated, especially for. Film screenings ruth behar discussing her documentary, adio kerida, at fiu in 2014 as part of its mission of disseminating knowledge about cuba and its diaspora, the cuban research institute organizes the presentation and discussion of significant works of documentary and fiction cinema. Aleas film was shown at the cannes film festival in the spring and will. Cuban pavel girouds followup to his multiple awardwinning the silly age is an 80sset drama set in a sanatorium for aids patients. The film follows the lives of three cubans from upper, middle, and workingclass backgrounds, getting a view on the revolution and life under castros regime. Craving cuba a documentary that explores bicultural identity through the cubanamerican lens, exploring the cubanamerican experience and their complicated relationship with cuba. Zuzy martinaly producer, director craving cuba documentary film. San francisco latino film festival that runs sept 16oct 1, 2016.
Released 2015, craving cuba stars the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 0 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which collated. Please watch as well this other short film made during the same trip, were we brought some school supplies to the pupils of vinales. Gasparilla film festival features big names, diverse films. The cuban official movie site coming to theaters soon. Oct 31, 2016 directed by zuzy martin lynch, rick lynch. Craving cuba, a documentary film trailer, 2016 youtube. Craving cuba is an awardwinning documentary film about the. This years festival features 17 films produced or coproduced in cuba, as well as films from ten other latin american countries. It explores identity and what it means to be and become american in a time when. Hemingway in cuba is a new biopic from director bob yari which, as the title suggests, focuses on hemingways last years in cuba. Sep 08, 2015 craving cuba is a documentary film that will share a powerful story about the american dream and yearning for freedom, for country, and for identity across 4 generations on both sides of the.
Craving cuba is a documentary film that will share a powerful story about the american dream and yearning for freedom, for country, and for. For several reasons, we want to start and complete filming in june and july, including. We have to penetrate into two of the most important cultural processes that have been underway in. Jan 19, 2016 the film covers the hope of the miamibased cubans and how they look forward to one day returning to the country of their birth.
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