Also, six of the films Nina mentioned are available for academic streaming on Docuseek2: http://docuseek2.com/ds2-cmp
Jim Davis http://wwwdocuseek2.com / Twitter: docuseek2 / Facebook: docuseek2 On Mar 5, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Nina Riddel wrote: > Dear James, > > Icarus Films released a collection of 11 contemporary Cuban documentaries in > 2014. They are listed below, and more information is > here:http://icarusfilms.com/new2014/cuba.html > > ALABBÁ - An exploration of the fascinating history of Santería. > A Bridge Over the River - Profiles Lency, a man who lives in Cuba's central > mountains who has a creative solution to all of life's daily problems there. > Cuban Animations from the Young Directors Film Festival - Eight animated > shorts from the most important showcase for young cinematic talent in Cuba. > Elena - Follows several residents in the “Elena” building, located in Central > Havana, over a three-year period. > Freddy Ilanga: Che’s Swahili Translator - A documentary about Freddy Ilanga, > an African man whose life was abruptly transformed through a chance encounter > with Che Guevara. > The Infinite Island - In this doc-fiction hybrid, a peasant journeys through > the Sierra Maestra to buy a new mule. > Major Leagues? - Profiles members of the Cuban National women's baseball > team, who pursue their passion in a society filled with machismo and > prejudice. > New Comedy Shorts from Cuba - This DVD collects two recent comedy shorts from > Cuba. > They Would All Be Queens - Tells the stories of several Soviet women who > married Cuban men and moved to Cuba before the dissolution of the Soviet > Union. > Tierralismo - A beautiful film about the Alamar “organiponico” (organic > cooperative farm) located outside of Havana. > Zone of Silence - Five Cuban intellectuals discuss censorship as a > historical, political and social phenomenon. > > > Nina Riddel > Director of Digital Media > Icarus Films > 718-488-8900 > [email protected] > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors.
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VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
