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DESCRIPTION:\n	A presentation by Alvaro Pérez Abrahantes\, followed by disc
 ussion \n\n\n	Tomás Gutiérrez Alea\, better known as Titón\, is arguably t
 he most important Cuban filmmaker of the twentieth century. With a prolifi
 c career that spanned from the 1950s until his death in 1996\, Alea though
 t of film as a powerful tool to make people think and reflect\, and not ju
 st a form of void entertainment. His groundbreaking film Memories of Under
 development is considered one of the best Spanish-language films ever made
 . Titón chose to stay in Cuba after the revolution in 1959 and as an intel
 lectual he supported a process he believed was necessary. Alea was convinc
 ed that he had to take a critical approach to tackling those excruciating 
 issues that pertained to the Cubans. Thus\, his excellent films were never
  detached from controversy. \n\n\n	But how do we talk about film in Cuba? 
 Why it is so important to understand the intricate and often bitter relati
 ons between the island and the United States? How were the first moving im
 ages taken there? Who created these images? And what about the post-Titón 
 cinema in Cuba? Cuban film scholar Alvaro Pérez Abrahantes addresses these
  questions and more in a presentation featuring clips from four of the mos
 t important films produced by Alea: The Death of a Bureaucrat\, Memories o
 f Underdevelopment\, The Last Supper\, and the Oscar-nominated Strawberry 
 and Chocolate\, followed by a discussion. He will also talk about contempo
 rary audiovisual production in Cuba\, as well as the forms of distribution
  on an island that stills struggles with internet connectivity. \n\n\n	Abo
 ut the speaker: Alvaro Pérez Abrahantes is the head of Audiovisual Project
 s and a member of the board of directors of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba\
 , a non-for-profit NGO based in Havana. For the last two years he has been
  a professor of Cuban Image and Cinema for Tisch School of the Arts\, NYU.
  \n\n\n	Tickets: Free with RSVP. To reserve your ticket\, please complete 
 this form. \n
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LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room
SUMMARY:Cuban Cinema through the lens of Titón
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