Collecting rain-water is a way of life in Bermuda, like it could be in many countries including many parts of Cuba. Each household is responsible for their water supply. Few travelers to the spectacular island are aware of this centuries old method of water conservation.
A man returns home from a war. His physical scars are healed but the emotional ones are so deep that he will never be the same. The National Screen Institute of Canada (NSI) posted this short film by Cuban director Tamara Segura.
A striking, beautifully filmed observation of life aboard an old freight train: a microcosm where a group of men forced to spend a lot of time together amid a variety of unplanned circumstances.
Pero la Noche” (But the night) brings us the hidden face of what is at times “ordinary” in Cuban society. Three human beings choose to love, even if it entails a sacrifice – a sacrifice that has become a pleasure. (Doc. 26 min.)
The documentary “A Wedding in Havana” was made during the height of the mid-1990s Special Period economic crisis, a crisis that for many Cubans never fully ended to this day. It gives us some insight into a period in time that people prefer not to talk much about from the disillusionment and pain it represented.
A descendant of the Indian people of Cuba maintains strong links with his ancestors. He questions the past and present world with a commitment to maintain and renew their legacy to transmit it on to new generations.
Titled “Solar del 11”, this documentary short film is about urban construction on its way out. The lives of seven persons in a chaotic space. Directed by Maria Elsa Perez Lean and Duniesky Canton Fernandez (4:23 minutes).
A rainy afternoon with 95-year-old Cuban ex-pat Manuel Manolito reveals a store of memory and solitude. The documentary short is directed by Alexander Manuel Ramírez-Mallis who also tells us a little about himself and his family.