#El nucleo movie series

The topic of displacement was dealt with in Memories of Underdevelopment by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea-where Sergio dives into that “irrational” environment of the social “other” when engaging into a relationship with Nancy. This matter, which should ignite a perennial discussion inside the public sphere-the academic world, politics, and among intellectuals-had its clearest delineations for understanding in the Cuban cinema. The Marxist point that considers a change in a society’s material base as essential to the transformation of social consciousness-that is to say, the core of the cultural meaning of a socialist society’s experience-forces us to take into consideration the relative speed with which a specific society evolves out of the underdevelopment model, especially in a peripheral nation, and executes a qualitative jump ahead in terms of human development. Social engineering experiences put into practice during the last half century in Cuba have led to several types of transformations and anthropological displacements as well as a reluctance to change.

#El nucleo movie series

The fifth installment of the series comes from the perspective of Havana-based critic Dean Luis Reyes, who from 2007 to 2010 served as Coordinator of the Chair of Humanities of the International Film and Television School in Cuba. In their essays, presented when possible in both English and Spanish, they cover key considerations-including the innovations in form, technique, and style that are still admired or emulated today the impact of these ’60s-era films on young people in Cuba today its influence on today’s generation of artists and the relevance of this work for audiences outside of Cuba.

To spark conversation about their impact today, we invited six experts on Cuban film- Juan Antonio García Borrero, Michael Chanan, Gustavo Arcos Fernández-Britto, Oneyda González, Dean Luis Reyes, and Alejandro Veciana-to respond to the question: How is revolutionary Cuban Cinema still revolutionary today? As a complement to the exhibition Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950, the Walker Moving Image department has curated Cinema Revolution: Cuba, a series of four classic Cuban films by filmmakers who gained international recognition soon after the formation of Castro’s revolutionary ICAIC (the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos).