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Havana, March 5.- The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC, by its acronym in Spanish) highlighted the participation of documentary filmmaker Gloria Rolando in the Black Cuba cinema showcase, held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
With three works that explore Afro-Cuban memory, identity, and resistance, Rolando presented Dialogue with My Grandmother (2016), a tribute to the Cuban family in all its diversity; and Reshipment(2014), focused on the history of Haitians who emigrated to Cuba for work.
Also featured was one of her most outstanding works, The Eyes of the Rainbow(1997), dedicated to Black Panther leader Assata Shakur, whom the filmmaker compares to Oyá, an Afro-Cuban deity symbolizing feminine strength and constant struggle; it is the only audiovisual piece made about the activist.
"It is a tribute to all women who fight for a better world," expressed the filmmaker during the meeting with the press at the HéctorGarcía Mesa hall of ICAIC.
The festival, held from February 20 to 26, brought together 26 works including short films, feature films, and documentaries, becoming a historic milestone due to the breadth of its showcase.
Among the films screened were classics such as Maluala,One Way or Another, TheLast Supper, and Migration and Movement, which offered the public a glimpse into life in Cuba during the 1960s and 1970s.
For the Second Secretary of Cuba's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Yaíma González, the event "was a sensation and had a large influx of young audiences during the five days it lasted."
The official also emphasized via videoconference that the message conveyed was "truly revolutionary," showcasing the cultural and social richness of the country. (Text and photo: Radio Enciclopedia)
