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CUBAN DOCUMENTARIES

T I T L E S : (Synopsis français bientôt disponibles)

1. No me voy a defender (I won't defend)
2. Cabaret
3. Los años 50, La Habana inventada (The 50's, invented Havana)
4. Yo soy el Cimarrón
5. Almendrones
6. Para bailar, La Habana (For dance, Havana)
7. Un día después (The day after)
8. Cuba, años 50, La Habana inventada
9. Concierto mayor
10. Concierto por la vida

It's about life of one of the greatest Cuban musicians, Pedro Luis Ferrer. He has done his work without television, radio and official speeches. At the same time he has found a way to meet with the critical thought of the Cuban revolutionaries as a reflection of the world crisis of this tendency.
You can appreciate the way in which he plays his music during the whole documentary.

Havana, from the time that she became capital of Cuba, and a crossing place toward other lands, and also a place of a great attraction to North America, the entertainments places were increased.
One of these places was the Cabaret, at the beginning reproducing the foreign cultures, but later our own point of view, between other reasons, due to the powerful existence of the music produced in Cuba. In 1959, the capital of Cuba had 18 Cabarets and dozens of small centers of this type.
The social transformation that have been produced with the Cuban revolution, paralyzed for many years the functioning of these places. Then with tourism, the world of Cabarets has revived in Havana city.
This documentary reflects those stages at 50´s (the top of success) and nowadays.
Participates in the documentary, important musicians and personalities of the life of the Cuban cabaret, some deceased few months later, like it is the case of Tito Gómez.

In the 50's, due to the development of the national discography Industry and with the introduction of the television, converge the most important types of Cuban music. New music types arised, such as "Cha Cha Cha", "Son", "Danzón", "Mambo", "Feeling" and "Bolero".
It is a travel through the Cuban music and personalities like Richard Egues, Omara Portuondo, among others.

Recreates the combination of Cuba's religions and the relation with our music.
There is a contrast between Catholic religion and African culture, and are precisely this relation the one that explains the Cuban's nature.
On the other hand, it is a forced point of reference, the way in which Cubans practice African religion, even for African people.

Havana city is a great Museum of cars, but not in a collection sense, but in the utilitarian sense.
Cuban's inventiveness has made possible that these cars are still running by the streets. It talks also about mechanics shops before and after Cuban revolution.

It is the first documentary that shows the sense of Cuban's gesture supported in interviews to important Cuban's musicians, combined with the dance.

This documentary is about what could happen in Cuba the morning after Fidel Castro won't be any longer there.
With sense of humor this film shows something of which a lot of Cubans don't want to talk about and also shows characteristics of Fidel's personality as well as some events of the Cuban Revolution.
There are some interviews with personalities of the Cuban Society and also to the common people that will definitively decide about this matter.