12:00 pm, Montaña de Luz (Mountain of Light) – Cuban doctors’ international missions in Latin America and Africa. 53min. 2005
1:30 pm, Fidel – documents the life of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. Directed by Estela Bravo, 91min., 2001
3:15 pm, Strawberry and Chocolate — This moving and groundbreaking film was the first in Cuba to deal openly and directly with homosexuality, 1994, 108 min.
5:15 pm, Maestra — An inspiring telling of the 1961 Literacy Campaign, with interviews of nine woman who, as young girls, taught in the campaign. A film by Catherine Murphy. 33 min.
6:20 pm, Rogelio Martínez Furé, A Cuban Griot — Portrait of writer, Africanist, scholar of folklore, and founder of the National Folkloric Ballet of Cuba. Director Juanamaría Cordones-Cook will introduce her film in person. (2014), 30 min.
7:00 pm, Memories of Underdevelopment — An intellectual is caught between his privileged history and the new revolution’s ideals. The classic film by director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. 1968, 97min.
Suggested donation, $5-20, good all day or part of program. Light snacks, coffee, tea.
6:00 dinner (optional): $5.
All films are Spanish w/English subtitles.
Sponsored by ANSWER Coalition and National Committee to Free the Cuban Five (now free!)
Call 415-821-6545415-821-6545 • ANSWERsf.org
