Cuba USA
CHE..."ONE OF THE GREAT ICONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY?"
ANYONE GOING TO THIS PRESENTATION THIS FRIDAY SHOULD QUESTION THE ABOVE PHRASE USED IN THE PROMOTION OF THIS FILM (see below). A COOL AND COLLECTED MANNER OF QUESTIONING IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF MAKING A POINT... ANYONE IN THE EXILE COMMUNITY WHO KNEW CHE GUEVARA WOULD BE WISE TO GO AND EXPOSE CHE GUEVARA'S CRIMES WITH DATA...
WAS STALIN A "GREAT ICON"? WAS HITLER? MUSSOLINI?
LAIDA A. CARRO
Human Rights Defender
Coalition of Cuban-American Women
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http://www.as.miami.edu/clas/events/
About the Film
In April 1965, Freddy Ilanga, a fifteen-year-old Congolese youth became Che Guevara’s personal Swahili teacher and translator, during the latter’s secret mission in the Congo to train anti-Mobutu rebels. After seven intense months by Che Guevara’s side, the Cuban authorities sent Freddy to Cuba. During his early years, Freddy thought that his stay in Cuba would be temporary. However, 40 years passed during which time he lost all contact with his family and homeland. That is until 2003, when he received an unexpected phone call from Bukavu, his home town. His family had finally found him...
‘Che's Swahili Translator’ is a documentary about Freddy Ilanga, an African man whose life was abruptly transformed through a chance encounter with one of the great icons of the 20th Century and which has predominantly been determined by the power struggles of the Cold War and the Cuban Revolution. It is a story about migration and displacement and the high human costs of exile and family separation.
Freddy Ilanga: Che’s Swahili Translator
Director/Producer: Katrin Hansing
Cinematography: Armando Guerra and Waldo Capote
Picture Editors: Nicolas Calzada and Waldo Capote
Duration: 24 min.
Country/Year: South Africa/Cuba 2009
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
About the Film Series
“Cuba Scenes,” now in its third year, is a project of UM’s Center for Latin American Studies. It presents cutting edge films on contemporary Cuba which are US or Miami premieres offering a fresh look at what is going on in the island and diaspora. The directors are usually present, along with a panel of experts, for a post-screening discussion with the audience.
Contact: Dr. Lillian Manzor; Phone: 305.284.5585; Email: [email protected]
H/T to Joseito!
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CHE..."ONE OF THE GREAT ICONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY?"
ANYONE GOING TO THIS PRESENTATION THIS FRIDAY SHOULD QUESTION THE ABOVE PHRASE USED IN THE PROMOTION OF THIS FILM (see below). A COOL AND COLLECTED MANNER OF QUESTIONING IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF MAKING A POINT... ANYONE IN THE EXILE COMMUNITY WHO KNEW CHE GUEVARA WOULD BE WISE TO GO AND EXPOSE CHE GUEVARA'S CRIMES WITH DATA...
WAS STALIN A "GREAT ICON"? WAS HITLER? MUSSOLINI?
LAIDA A. CARRO
Human Rights Defender
Coalition of Cuban-American Women
-------------------------------------------
http://www.as.miami.edu/clas/events/
About the Film
In April 1965, Freddy Ilanga, a fifteen-year-old Congolese youth became Che Guevara’s personal Swahili teacher and translator, during the latter’s secret mission in the Congo to train anti-Mobutu rebels. After seven intense months by Che Guevara’s side, the Cuban authorities sent Freddy to Cuba. During his early years, Freddy thought that his stay in Cuba would be temporary. However, 40 years passed during which time he lost all contact with his family and homeland. That is until 2003, when he received an unexpected phone call from Bukavu, his home town. His family had finally found him...
‘Che's Swahili Translator’ is a documentary about Freddy Ilanga, an African man whose life was abruptly transformed through a chance encounter with one of the great icons of the 20th Century and which has predominantly been determined by the power struggles of the Cold War and the Cuban Revolution. It is a story about migration and displacement and the high human costs of exile and family separation.
Freddy Ilanga: Che’s Swahili Translator
Director/Producer: Katrin Hansing
Cinematography: Armando Guerra and Waldo Capote
Picture Editors: Nicolas Calzada and Waldo Capote
Duration: 24 min.
Country/Year: South Africa/Cuba 2009
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
About the Film Series
“Cuba Scenes,” now in its third year, is a project of UM’s Center for Latin American Studies. It presents cutting edge films on contemporary Cuba which are US or Miami premieres offering a fresh look at what is going on in the island and diaspora. The directors are usually present, along with a panel of experts, for a post-screening discussion with the audience.
Contact: Dr. Lillian Manzor; Phone: 305.284.5585; Email: [email protected]
H/T to Joseito!
- 39 Years After The Crime Of Barbados, Posada Carriles Continues Free In Miami
source Cubadebate translation Cuba-Network in Defense of Humanity Posada Carriles has lived in Miami for several years and is living apeaceful old age. He is the confessed mastermind of the blowing up of a Cuban civilian plane off the coast of Barbados...
- Live Debate On Cuba Moderated By Aaron Brown
Dear Alfredo, PBS WIDE ANGLE correspondent Aaron Brown will host a live debate on BlogTalk Radio this Thursday at 11:00 a.m. EST. The topic: should the U.S.lift the trade embargo on Cuba? Brown will moderate a discussion betweenPhil Peters, author of...
- Watch The Three Cubans Movie!
Release Year: 2005 Duration: 56 min Availability: Worldwide Related: History, International, Politics In 1963 & 1964 Robert Carl Cohen became the first US filmmaker authorized by both the US State Dept. & Cuban Foreign Ministry to film the daily...
-
Received this forwarded e-mail: Here's the poster for Andy Garcia's new film "The Lost City". It's a movie about the Cuban revolution, without Hollywood's typical pro-Castro slant. Andy wants us to send it out to all of our friends...
-
Dozens of Cubans Make Landfall From the Associated Press: MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Dozens of Cuban migrants, including at least nine children, came ashore Friday throughout South Florida, officials said. A total of 87 Cuban migrants reached Florida, said...