Why do sensitive and astute people in the US hate Donald Trump? Well, because Trump represents what is known as the “ugly American”. The best way to describe what an “ugly Cuban” is, is to talk about music.
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Not too long ago, a friend of mine ran into a Cuban filmmaker at a market. She knew because they struck up a friendly conversation, and before finishing, my friend asked the filmmaker if she knew Miguel Coyula. The filmmaker paused and pulled a slightly funny face. A few seconds later, she answered: “You know I’m pro-government.” That reaction really disturbed me.
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I recently received a message from the afterlife, and I’m going to use this opportunity to make some guesses about its hidden meaning, given the fact it was sent by an unknown sender.
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According to what some colleagues have told me, there won’t be a Film Law, as everything will be handled by institutions. In poltical terms, this means that the government is absorbing everyone who has independently produced and distributed film, with much greater efficiency than ICAIC itself.
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“Gaslighting” is a term that can be used to describe the dynamics of power in the world today. Psychologist Stephanie A. Sarkis explains this clearly in her book Gaslighting: Recognize Manipulative and Emotionally Abusive People – and Break Free. It takes the 1944 film Gaslight as its reference, in which a man manipulates his wife, making her believe that she is losing her mind.
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When US president, Donald Trump, came into power, I remember reading an essay by Deepak Chopra in which he warned that Trump represented America’s shadow and that we’d have to wait and see whether the world was ready to live in his shadow.
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My investigation about the Hershey train continues; It began to run in 1920 and is famous for being the only electric train to operate in the island, running from Matanzas to Havana.
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A critical Cuban filmmaker and a US film student live a tragic love story in Cuba in the turbulent 1960s. Fausto Canel joined the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry, when it was founded.
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The Trump administration has the following as part of its political agenda: “End Communist dictatorships in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba.”
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The unofficial protest of the LGBTIQ+ community began on May 11th with great joy and ended in violence, as was to be expected. With a police cordon that ran from Old Havana to Vedado (it seems that they were afraid of a popular uprising).
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