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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455402103321

Autore

Stock Ann Marie

Titolo

On location in Cuba [[electronic resource] ] : street filmaking [sic] during times of transition / / Ann Marie Stock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009

ISBN

1-4696-0585-6

0-8078-9419-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Envisioning Cuba

Disciplina

791.43097291/090511

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Cuba - History - 20th century

Motion pictures - Cuba - History - 21st century

Motion pictures - Study and teaching (Graduate) - Cuba

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-327) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: screening an island nation in transition -- Documenting tumultuous times: new culture organizations proffer alternatives -- Establishing community media in the mountains: TelevisioĢn Serrana strengthens highland identity -- Balancing tradition and innovation: the National Animation Studio negotiates the global marketplace -- Opening new roads: Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti redefines revolutionary filmmaking -- Promoting popular genres: Pavel Giroud revises conceptions of Cuban cinema -- Filming in the margins: Esteban Insausti explores life and art amidst chaos -- Making space for new interventions: a montage from the national exhibit of new filmmakers -- Epilogue: reflections on Cuba, filmmaking, and the times ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

The 1990's were a time of dramatic transformation for Cuba. With the collapse of its Cold War relationship with the Soviet Union, the island nation plummeted into an era of scarcity and uncertainty known as the Special Period, a time from which it emerged only slowly in the new century. On Location in Cuba views these pivotal decades through the lens of cinema. Ann Marie Stock conducted hundreds of interviews and conversations in Cuba to examine individual artists' lives and creative



output--including film, video, and audiovisual art. She explores the impact of the Cold War's end, the ec