Cuba on Film
About the project
This online resource seeks to bring greater visibility to films by Cubans and about Cuba. Here you can access research guides and browse film categories to better understand the diversity of Cuba's cinema tradition, and the path of the country as a whole.
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Recommended Viewings
Soy Cuba
A dramatization of the decadence of Batista's Havana and the poverty that fueled the Cuban Revolution.
Últimos días en la Habana
A tragicomedy about friendship in a city on the verge of substantial change. Miguel, a dishwasher, dreams of settling in New York. Diego, a homosexual man, suffers from AIDS.
Memorias del subdesarrollo
Sergio, a bourgeois intellectual Cuban, is alone in the wake of the Bay of Pigs. Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana. Based on the novel by Edmundo Desnoes.
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Watch Full Films Online
The following films have been made available for free online viewing by their creators. Watch more online here. Vassar students can find other films at the Thompson Memorial Library.
Cuba Mia My Cuba
My Cuba documents the story of a group of Cuban-born U.S. Jews who return on a tour to the Cuba of their childhood to find it both hauntingly familiar and radically changed--container
Director Rhonda MItrani
Genre Documentary
Year 2004
Length 47 min.
Language English and Spanish
Subtitles English
Waiting for Fidel
An underground classic about an event that never happened.
Director Michael Rubbo
Genre Documentary
Year 1974
Length 58 min.
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At the Crossroads: Faith in Cuba
This documentary explores religious and political belief in Cuba four decades after the 1959 Revolution. The writer and cameraman, Eddie Cabrera, was born into a working class family in Cuba in 1960, and emigrated to Canada in 1993.
Director Anton Wagner
Genre Documentary
Year 1999
Length 52 min.
Language English and Spanish
Subtitles English
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Search the Collection
Explore Cuban films using search function at the top right of the page.
You can refine your search with quotation marks to search for specific people, genres, decades, and more. Learn more about how to use the search function here.
Complete List of Cuban Films at Vassar
Visit the Vassar Library
Vassar's Thompson Memorial Library is home to over 150 Cuban films in DVD and VHS formats.