The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival and the Museum of Anthropology are excited to announce a collaboration for the 2014 Festival. The screenings at the museum will focus on the themes explored in the exhibition Without Masks.
Films are in Spanish with English subtitles. All films are free with MOA admission. At the Michael M Ames Theatre.
September 3, 2014
12:30pm
Maluala, Cuba, 1979 / 95 min / Spanish with English subtitles / Director: Sergio Giral
During the era of the Spanish colonial rule, a settlement of escaped slaves (called palenques) located in the Sierra Maestra in eastern Cuba is the site of an epic story about the struggle for unconditional freedom for the black population.
2:30pm
The Last Supper | La última cena, Cuba, 1976 / 120 min / Spanish with English subtitles / Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
During the late 18th century in Cuba, a Spanish count and owner of a sugar mill decides to hold a dinner during Holy Week with 12 of his slaves as an allegory of Jesus with his 12 apostles at the Last Supper.
September 4, 2014
12:30pm
Centella is Coming | Centella va venir, Cuba/Uruguay, 2013 / 12 min / Director: Agustín Peralta Lemes
This documentary short is a poetic and delicate portrait of an elderly man’s practice of Afro-Cuban rituals.
12:45pm
Alabbá, Cuba, 2010 / 40 min / Spanish with English subtitles / Director: Eliezer Pérez Angueira
In the 19th century, three African women arrive by different routes in Cuba as slaves. Devout believers, they congregate in a small wooden building in Havana to practice their religion.
2:30pm
El Benny, Cuba, 2006 / 132 min / Spanish with English subtitles / Director: Jorge Luis Sánchez
Lifelong tragedy and outstanding music merge in this story based on the life of the famous Afro-Cuban musician Benny Moré (1919-1963).