Guest speaker: director Adriana Bosch
Across three documentaries and a lecture, this series highlights the equal role played by Cuba’s transnational diaspora and island citizens in crafting alternative visions and pathways to freedom in a society dominated by Communist Party rule for the last sixty-five years. At each screening, we'll be joined by the film's director for discussion.
Letters to Eloísa (2021) dir. Adriana Bosch
Guest speaker: director Adriana Bosch
This film focuses on the life, legacies and personally painful journey of Lezama Lima, the only internationally acclaimed “Boom Writer” of post-1959 Cuba; his homosexuality, critical view of the Communist state and literary brilliance made him a constant threat for the government, which relegated him to obscurity on the island and virtual house arrest. Exchanging letters with his sister, Eloísa, who lived in Miami, serves as both refuge and witness to history. Watch trailer on PBS here.
More films in Spring 2026!
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Wednesday, January 28 | 6:00 pm | Smathers Room 100
Walking the Cuban Tightrope (2024) dir. Margaux Ouimet
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Wednesday, February 18 | 6:00 pm | Smathers Room 100
Guest speaker: Dr. Michael Bustamante (University of Miami)
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Tuesday, March 10 | 6:00 pm | Smathers Room 100
American Rebels (2019) dir. Glenn Gebhard