Movies: Octavio Cortázar
- 1978
El brigadista (1978)
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The Castro revolution was just consolidating its power when, in 1961, over 100,000 students were sent from their schools into the countryside to teach the peasants there how to read. Coinciding with the Bay of Pigs invasion, in this docudrama, 15-yea...
- 1963
Para quién baila La Habana (1963)
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A filmographic essay featuring lines from "Bonedog" by Eva H.D. A pathos on memory, travelogue consciousness and the divets remaindered from environmental displacement....
- 1969
For the First Time (1969)
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In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the first time. Cortazar’s short film documents one audience’s response to its first film: Charlie Chapl...
- 1961
Enciclopedia Popular No. 1 (1961)
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- 1961
Enciclopedia Popular No. 3 (1961)
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- 1968
Acerca de un personaje que unos llaman San Lázaro y otros llaman Babalú (1968)
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Documentary about the 17th December, the date on which one commemorates St. Lazarus. This occasion is a day of celebration for Cuba, where Catholics and believers of African religion alike make a pilgrimage to El Rincón, outside Havana....
- 1992
The Last Rumba of Papa Montero (1992)
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Explores the sensuous rhythms and movements of the dance style known as the rumba, as demonstrated by the celebrated Havana rumbero Papá Montero. Blending vintage documentary footage with meticulously staged recreations, the dancer's tragic assassina...
- 2010
Memória Cubana (2010)
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Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half of the 20th century as seen by the documentary filmmakers of the island. During three decades and unde...
- 1993
Derecho de asilo (1993)
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In an imaginary country in Latin America, a man asks for asylum in an embassy. Trickery, passion, and intrigue are the motives of his actions....
- 1972
Hablando del punto cubano (1972)
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Analyzes the typical features of the punto, a Cuban musical tradition from the days of Spanish colonialism....