Film Screenings

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A panel discussion of Glenn Gebhard's documentary, Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution (2015), with Lillian Guerra, Gebhard, Lucy Echeverría, Agustin País, and José Alvarez.

As part of its mission of disseminating knowledge about Cuba and its diaspora, the Cuban Research Institute organizes the presentation and discussion of significant works of documentary and fiction cinema. Whenever possible, the films' directors are invited to participate in a panel with other experts on the topic of the film and in a question and answer period with the audience. The following list includes some of the films screened at FIU over the years:

  • Adio Kerida, directed by Ruth Behar (2002)
  • El balsero (The Rafter), directed by José Navas (2019)
  • La bella del Alhambra, directed by Enrique Pineda Barnet (1989)
  • Blue Heart, directed by Miguel Coyula (2021)
  • Craving Cuba, directed by Zuzelin Martín Lynch and Rick Lynch (2015)
  • Cuba: El arte de la espera, directed by Eduardo Lamora (2010)
  • Cuba My Soul, directed by Craig Miller (2022)
  • Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution, directed by Glenn Gebhard (2015)
  • Cuba: The Generation of Change, directed by Lisandra Alvarez (2013)
  • Cubamerican, directed by José Enrique Pardo (2012)
  • A Cuban Documemory, directed by Marissa Chibás (2021)
  • Cubans at the Edge of the Berlin Wall, directed by Ricardo Bacallao (2015)
  • Cuba's Forgotten Jewels: A Haven in Havana, co-directed by Judy Kreith and Robin Truesdale (2017)
  • East of Havana, directed by Jauretsi Saizarbitoria (2006)
  • Elena, directed by Marcelo Martín (2012)
  • The Eternal Night, directed by Coco Fusco (2023)
  • Fifty Years of Exile, directed by Norberto Perdomo (2009)
  • Good Things Will Come, directed by Janelle Bosek (2023)
  • Haciendo historia, directed by Arturo Arias-Polo (1989)
  • The Harvard Cubans, directed by Danny González Lucena (2017)
  • Hemingway: Between Key West and Cuba, directed by Richard Abella (2017)
  • In Dreams Awake: A Documentary about Humberto Calzada, directed by Anabel Leal and Reinaldo Cruz (2013)
  • Letters to Eloísa, directed by Adriana Bosch (2020)
  • Lezama Lima: Speaking Freely, directed by Enesto Fundora Hernández (2018)
  • Maldito sea tu nombre libertad, directed by Vladimir Ceballos (1994)
  • El Mar y El, directed by Tony Méndez (2014)
  • Mariposas en el andamio, directed by Luis Felipe Bernaza (1994)
  • Más allá del mar (Beyond the Sea), directed by Lisandro Pérez-Rey (2003)
  • The Metal Islands: History, Culture, and Politics in Caribbean Heavy Metal Music, produced by Nelson Varas-Díaz (2017)
  • Mínimo Gorki, directed by Lía Villares (2017)
  • La noche del juicio, directed by Tomás Piard (2010)
  • Operation Pedro Pan: The Cuban Children's Exodus, directed by Carlos Gutiérrez (2017)
  • Option Zero, directed by Manuel Beltrán (2020)
  • The Padilla Affair, directed by Pavel Giroud (2022)
  • Piano Lessons: The Life and Art of Germán Diez Nieto, directed by Antongiulio Panizzi (2021)
  • Reflections, directed by Sisy Gómez Peña (2017)
  • Return to Ithaca, directed by Laurent Cantet (2014)
  • Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen, directed by Arístides Falcón-Paradí (2013)
  • Ruston Academy: From Dreams to Reality, directed by Tony Leal (2021)
  • Severo secreto, directed by Oneyda González and Gustavo Pérez (2016)
  • Social Club Buena Vista: At Second Glance, directed by Carsten Möller (2007)
  • Street Filmmaking in Cuba, directed by Ann Marie Stock (2010)
  • El Súper, directed by León Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez Leal (1979)
  • El telón de azúcar, directed by Camila Guzmán Urzúa (2005)
  • Those I Left Behind, directed by Lisandro Pérez-Rey (2006)
  • To Build Another House, directed by Eliecer Jiménez Almeida (2017)
  • The Train on the Northern Railway, directed by Marcelo Martín (2015)
  • Two Homelands, directed by Hilda Hidalgo Xirinachs (2022)
  • Veritas, directed by Eliecer Jiménez Almeida (2022)
  • El viajero inmóvil, directed by Tomás Piard (2008)