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Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor – Saturday 27 August 2022, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/05/202208/10/2022

Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor, London Bank Holiday weekend – Saturday 27 August 2022,…

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Review of film: Mambo Man

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 10/04/2022

Back in 2017 UK music producer Mo Fini set out to make a film set…

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  • Cuban Film

UK Film premiere: Mambo Man, London 28 April 2022

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 10/04/202226/06/2022

Premiere of new feature film Mambo Man, set in Bayamo in rural eastern Cuba, with…

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Screening: El Brigadista, Tue 12 April 2022, 8pm, London/online

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 07/04/202226/06/2022

Sands Cinema and North London Cuba Solidarity Campaign present the 1978 Cuban feature film ‘El Brigadista’ by…

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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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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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‘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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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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‘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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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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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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“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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