In conjunction with our current exhibition Drapetomania: Grupo Antillano and the Art of Afro Cuba, we will screen a program of shorts on contemporary social reality in Cuba largely expressed by cultural workers.

‍RAZA (Eric Corvalan, 2005, 35 minutes) Artists, cultural critics, researchers and everyday people openly discuss racial issues in Cuba and simultaneously render tribute to the contributions made by Afro-Cubans.

‍DIAGO: A MAROON ARTIST (Juanamaria Cordones-Cook, 2013, 28 minutes) Prominent multi-media artist Juan Roberto Diago employs recycled objects to create a unique body of work and shows how race and poverty are represented in his paintings and installations. The film is enriched by readings by acclaimed poet Nancy Morejón. Diago’s work is presented in the current MoAD exhibit.

‍ROGELIO MARTINEZ FURÉ: A CUBAN GRIOT(Juanamaria Cordones-Cook, 2014, 30 minutes) Furé is a repository of the oral tradition, Africanist, scholar of folklore and religion and founder of Cuba’s National Folkloric Ballet. Conversations with Furé and other Afro-Cuban intellectuals are supplemented by extraordinary images of religious rituals and dances.

‍Cornelius Moore, Co-Director of California Newsreel and curator of the series, will introduce and lead an audience discussion. All films are in Spanish with English subtitles.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Drapetomania: Grupo Antillano and the Art of Afro Cuba. It is co-presented by CubaCaribe(cubacaribe.org) and Global Exchange(globalexchange.org) and made possible by the generous support of the Zellerbach Family Foundation.

Free with MoAD Admission

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