Guest post by Jon Vickers. “One of the signs of underdevelopment is an inability to establish links, to gather experience and grow,” states Sergio (Sergio Corrieri), Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s bourgeois intellectual protagonist who idly roams the streets of Havana on his existential odyssey through much of Memories of Underdevelopment (1968). Set in 1961 between the… Read more »
Guest post by Jeanette Clausen. Catching up with Cuba presents two films focused on the importance of mentors for children and youth. Conducta (Behavior, 2014) by Cuban filmmaker Ernesto Daranas Serrano shines a critical lens on Cuban education. The film was widely screened in Cuba and prompted discussion of problems in the education system. Ghost… Read more »