| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 340 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Envisioning Cuba |
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Envisioning Cuba.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 in Cuba views these pivotal decades through the lens of cinema. Ann Marie Stock conducted hundreds of interviews and conversations in Cuba to examine individual artists' lives and creative output--including film, video, and audiovisual art. She explores the impact of the Cold War's end, the economic c |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-327) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century
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Motion pictures -- Cuba -- History -- 21st century
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Motion pictures -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- Cuba
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
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Motion pictures
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Motion pictures -- Study and teaching (Graduate)
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Cuba
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780807894194 |
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0807894192 |
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9781469605852 |
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1469605856 |
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