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#CuarenCineCuba – Watch Cuban films – fiction and documentaries about Cuba – from home Part 2

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  • Posted on 08/11/202031/12/2020

We have selected 10 more feature films and documentaries from and about Cuba to watch…

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Who was Jose Marti?

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  • Posted on 26/01/202026/01/2020

Jose Martí (1853-1895) was a Cuban poet who played an instrumental role in the movement…

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Live poetry: Fail Better 2020: Che Guevara,  16 March, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/01/202010/04/2020

A look inside the little green notebook of Che Guevara – the poet that never…

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Cuban poet Roberto Fernández Retamar to receive 2019 UNESCO Prize

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/01/201904/08/2020

Roberto Fernández Retamar (Cuba) will be awarded the 2019 International UNESCO/José Martí Prize in recognition…

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Nancy Morejon, National Poet

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  • Posted on 03/12/201802/08/2020

Nancy Morejón is the best known and most widely translated woman poet of post-revolutionary Cuba.…

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Our top 5 Cuban Culture reads for Black History Month

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 06/10/201819/10/2018

A Biography of a Runaway Slave 50th Anniversary Edition 2016 Compelling life story of Esteban…

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Nicolas Guillen: National Poet

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  • Posted on 19/12/201710/07/2019

Nicolas Guillen was born 1902 in Camaguey, Cuba, and died 1989. He was an Afro…

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On a day like today 20 February the wonderful Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer was born in 1927. He passed away 15 years ago but his memory lives on with so many great Cuban songs. He was a great singer of son but sang many boleros with buena vista social club. Which is your favourite Ibrahim Ferrer track?
Happy Birthday to the FAC Fábrica de Arte Cubano - in Havana - 7 years today!
Fatima Patterson is a top Cuban theatre actor, director and playwright, celebrating her 70th birthday this week. With her company Macuba she has dedicated the last 30 years to making amazing theatre embedded physically, narratively and spiritually in her home town of Santiago de Cuba. In this recent interview she talks about her approach to theatre, her themes, and her view on the way forward for artists out of the pandemic.
“Con todos, y para el bien de todos” (With everyone and for the benefit of everyone)
New documentary 'Castro's Spies' will make its debut in the UK screened online from 26 February as part of the Glasgow Film Festival.
From 19-24 January Cuba's world-renowned festival #JazzPlaza2021 is offering many hours of live performances, descargas, master classes and discussions online. What is on offer is incredible so if you are a Cuban music or jazz fan you must feast on it now!

Havana D’Primera: Me Dicen Cuba

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