Black and Cuba
Liberation, African American Studies, and the Tools of Third Cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15415528 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hayes Hayes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-42 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Black Camera (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-3155 • E-ISSN: 1947-4237 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/blackcamera.7.1.42 |
| OpenAlex | W2228839865 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
In this article director Robin Hayes discusses the making and content of the documentary feature Black and Cuba (2014), which follows a diverse group of Yale African American Studies PhD students who journey to Cuba to explore the island’s revolutionary past and present. Although the group had no previous filmmaking experience or training, in the traditions of Third Cinema and Black studies, they decide to empower themselves to create a documentary about their trip in order to share what they learn with their communities. The film’s depictions of the students’ candid encounters with Afro-Cubans from all walks of life reveal the ongoing relationship between race and class in spite of mainstream tropes in both the United States and Cuba that assert these national cultures are “postracial” and “color-blind.” The author argues that Black and Cuba’s comparative exploration of continuing racial inequality illustrates that decreased investment in the social safety net and increased privatization of the economy create specific obstacles for both African Americans and Afro-Cubans
African american · Art history · Film director · Filmmaking · Inequality · Mainstream · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Race (biology · Racism · Sociology · Anthropology · Cinema and Media Studies · Cuban History and Society · Gender Studies · History · Law · Theater, Performance, and Music History
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Radio Free Dixie
Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition
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Black Power
Hammer and Hoe
The Wretched of the Earth
Early Black Studies Movements
Social-Justice Activism in the Academic Industrial Complex
Dashikis and Democracy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |