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“True Truths” Interview with Magda González Grau, director of Cuban TV show Calendario

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/03/202208/03/2022

Since its initial broadcast, on Sunday, January 9, the [Cuban] television series Calendar has stolen the affection…

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  • Cuban Film

Sara Gómez: Cuba’s first female film director

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 07/03/202208/03/2022

Sara Gómez, was the first Cuban female film director of the Cuban cinema Institute (ICAIC)…

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  • Past events

‘One Way or another’ by Sara Gomez, Thu 31 March 2022, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 05/03/202226/06/2022

A stunning example of politically engaged cinema, Sara Gómez masterfully incorporates music, documentary and newsreels…

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  • Past events

Ran Kan Kan – Viva!, Sat 12 March 2022, Oxford

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 05/03/202214/03/2022

Ran Kan Kan are back – conjuring the mambos, rumba and son montuno classics from the golden years of Cuban…

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  • Cuban Music

6 great Cuban love songs

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 14/02/202214/02/2022

Did Cubans invent the love song? Many great love songs of undying love, or loss…

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  • Cuban Dance

‘Ciberdanz’ 3D animation that will make you dance – made in Cuba

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/01/2022

‘Ciberdanz’ is one of the new productions of the Animation team at Cuba’s national film…

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  • Cuban Theatre

Corina Mestre wins Cuban National Theatre Award 2022

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/01/2022

The Cuban actress Corina Mestre Vilaboy has been honoured this January with the National Theatre…

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  • Past events

Screening: Fidel Up Close, Tue 15 February 2022, 8pm, London/online

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 25/01/202214/03/2022

A special event presented by Sands Cinema Club in collaboration with North London Cuba Solidarity…

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  • Cuban Music

JAZZ PLAZA – Cuba’s annual international jazz festival in person and online 18-23 January 2022

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/01/202223/01/2022

Six days of jazz – concerts, colloquiums, conferences, video presentations, following all covid-19 rules, Jazz…

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  • Past events

Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas & Eduardo Martín ‘The Bridge’, UK tour 8 April – 21 May 2022

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/01/202226/06/2022

Ahmed pairs up with his former mentor, grammy-nominated Eduardo, both amazing Cuban acoustic guitarists to…

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  • Education in Cuba

“The Literacy Campaign was a cultural revolution” interview with Cuban Minister for Education

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 16/01/2022

December 2021 marked the 60th anniversary of the declaration of Cuba as a territory free…

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  • Cuban Dance

60 years of the Conjunto Folclorico Nacional de Cuba

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 16/01/2022

This year Cuba’s national folkloric group celebrates its 60th birthday and despite the restrictions of…

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  • Cuban Music

Cuban composer José María Vitier is awarded the 2021 National Music Prize

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 02/01/202203/01/2022

The Cuban pianist, composer and arranger José María Vitier (Havana, January 7, 1954) was awarded…

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  • Cuban Dance

Watch 7 top Cuban salsa groups perform their latest tracks

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 31/12/2021

“Tira tu pasillo” translates roughly as “throw down your dance moves!” Watch this very recent…

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  • Past events

Roberto Fonseca: UK tour dates 19-24 April 2022

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/12/202126/06/2022

Born in 1975 in Havana, Cuba, Roberto Fonseca has established himself as one of the…

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Happy International Workers Day 1 May! Here are some great Cuban graphic posters from the 1970s produced to mark the day, courtesy of Jose Marti national library archive in Havana.
A great loss for Cuban culture today with the news Jose Luis Cortes, well-loved Cuban musician and music innovator, leader of 90s dance music group NG Ia Banda and architect of timba, has passed away at the age of 70 in Havana. RIP El Tosco
UK tour 8 April - 21 May - Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas pairs up with his former mentor, grammy-nominated Eduardo Martin, both amazing Cuban acoustic guitarists to perform their own mix of jazz, flamenco, pop, Afro and traditional Cuban pieces.
Thursday 28 April London - UK Premiere of new feature film Mambo Man, set in Bayamo in rural eastern Cuba, with Cuban actors, the story follows the highs and lows of a local entrepreneur. Part moral tale, part musical showcase, you can’t resist the sumptuous cinematography and country music.
Catch a screening 19 April with Cuba Solidarity Brighton UK of 'Herencia’ (Inheritance) (2019) Director Ana Hurtado. A documentary by a Spanish filmmaker focusing on Cuba’s African heritage, with interviews with Cuban writers, artists, musicians and dancers.
London Tuesday 12 April 8pm - Cuban cinema fans can catch a special screening of the 1978 Cuban feature film ‘El Brigadista’ by director Octavio Cortazar, which centres on the trials and tribulations of a 15 year old sent to teach people in the countryside during the Literacy Campaign across the island in 1961. In person and online - book your places now. Hosted by @sandsfilmscinemaclub and Cuba Solidarity Campaign North London.

Havana D’Primera: Me Dicen Cuba

Short doc on Cuban Art in London

Video of Cuban artist Manuel Mendive

Some Icons of Cuban Culture

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  • Nancy Morejon, National Poet

    03/12/2018
  • Chucho Valdés looks back at 45 years of Irakere

    23/04/2018
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