On location in Cuba : street filmaking [sic] during times of transition / Ann Marie Stock.

The 1990s were a time of dramatic transformation for Cuba. With the collapse of its Cold War relationship with the Soviet Union, the island nation plummeted into an era of scarcity and uncertainty known as the Special Period, a time from which it emerged only slowly in the new century. On Location i...

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Main Author: Stock, Ann Marie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Series:Envisioning Cuba.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: screening an island nation in transition
  • Documenting tumultuous times: new culture organizations proffer alternatives
  • Establishing community media in the mountains: Televisión Serrana strengthens highland identity
  • Balancing tradition and innovation: the National Animation Studio negotiates the global marketplace
  • Opening new roads: Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti redefines revolutionary filmmaking
  • Promoting popular genres: Pavel Giroud revises conceptions of Cuban cinema
  • Filming in the margins: Esteban Insausti explores life and art amidst chaos
  • Making space for new interventions: a montage from the national exhibit of new filmmakers
  • Epilogue: reflections on Cuba, filmmaking, and the times ahead.