Keyword: cuba

Sicko

8

2007

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A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.

Fidel

6.6

2002

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Fidel Castro rises to power in Cuba.

Forbidden

6.9

1932

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A librarian takes a cruise and falls for an unobtainable man, a district attorney married to an invalid.

Give Me Future: Major Lazer in Cuba

6.9

2017

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In the spring of 2016, global music sensation Major Lazer performed a free concert in Havana, Cuba for an unexpected audience of almost half a million people. A concert documentary evolves into an exploration of youth culture in a country on the precipice of change.

The Road to Guantanamo

7.5

2006

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Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.

Now!

6.2

1965

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A documentary short about racism in the United States.

Cerro Pelado

6.9

1966

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Though lesser known than Leni Riefenstahls OLYMPIA or Kon Ichikawas TOKYO OLYMPIAD, Santiago Alvarezs tribute to Cubas sporting triumphs is no less breathtaking. A ship of athletes training on the rough seas becomes a symbol of Castros Cuba, the games projected on the backdrop of political struggle: This is the story of a ship and of a sports delegation whom the ENEMY tried to stop from participating in the Tenth Central American and Caribbean Games. Alvarezs bristling montage may be put to didactic ends but theres a significant remainder of joy in his celebration of work. Rhetoric is inseparable from rhythm as Alvarez remains ever attentive to the specific manifestations of the body politic.

Jeronimo

8.8

2019

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Born to Korean immigrant parents freed from indentured servitude in early twentieth century Mexico, Jerónimo Lim Kim joins the Cuban Revolution with his law school classmate Fidel Castro and becomes an accomplished government official in the Castro regime, until he rediscovers his ethnic roots and dedicates his later life to reconstructing his Korean Cuban identity. After Jerónimos death, younger Korean Cubans recognize his legacy, but it is not until they are presented with the opportunity to visit South Korea that questions about their mixed identity resurface.

Buena Vista Social Club

7.6

1999

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Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castros takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians careers.

Seguridad

7

2024

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Tamara Segura inherits family photos unveiling difficult secrets. Interviewing three generations, she pieces together how her well-intentioned father became an abusive alcoholic, paralleling dysfunction in patriarchal systems.

Night Is Not Eternal

4

2024

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For seven years, award-winning Chinese-American filmmaker Nanfu Wang followed Rosa Maria Paya, daughter of the five time Nobel Peace Prize nominated activist, Oswaldo Paya, in Rosas fight for democracy.

Creature from the Haunted Sea

3.5

1961

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A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesnt know is that the creature is real.