Part 8
Cuba

The movies on this list are well-suited to watching as a group to stimulate political discussions, and may be especially pertinent in the wake of the Seattle WTO demonstrations. Most can be found on video at the Seattle Public Library, or independent video stores.

*highly recommended
**a "must see"

BUTTERFLIES ON THE SCAFFOLD Cuban gay labor film.

CUBA: PARADOX FOUND in the PBS series ADVENTURE DIVAS, by Holly Morris.

CUBA VA! Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco 1992 Objective look at Cuba from the perspective of the Cuban people.

DEATH OF A BUREAUCRAT Early post-revolution "comedy."

GAY CUBA Marlene Moleon, Sonja de Vries 1995 Lives and history of gay people in Cuba.

GUANTANAMERA Tomas Gutierrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabio 1995 Entertaining parody on bureacracy and male chauvinsm in Cuba.

KILL CASTRO 1980 Strange movie depicting the violence of the Miami Cubans and the treachery of the CIA.

*THE LAST SUPPER 1976 An incident in 1700s Cuban history exposing immorality of a god-fearing slaveholder.

LITTLE TROPIKANA 1998 Entertaining and complicated murder mystery.

*MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT 1968 Examines conflicts of wealthy class in Cuba after 1959 Cuban Revolution.

THE MISSILES OF OCTOBER Anthony Page 1974 TV version of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 with a pro U.S. bias, but interesting anyway; appearance by Howard Da Silva (McCarthy period blacklisted artist).

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER 1974 Cuban Exploration of marginal Havana neighborhoods just after start of Cuban Revolution.

PLAFF! 1988 Cuban Nonconformist "comedy." PORTRAIT OF THERESA (Cuban) Deals with the role of women in post-revolution Cuba.

STRAWBERRY & CHOCOLATE (Cuba) 1996 Sensitive movie about hetero- and homosexual relationships.