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Unfinished spaces / a film by Alysa Nahmias & Benjamin Murray ; a co-production of Ajna Films, Unfinished Spaces, LLC, The Room, Inc., and Latino Public Broadcasting.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.
- Castro, Fidel.
- Art schools--Cuba.
- Art schools.
- Architects--Cuba.
- Architects.
- History.
- Cuba--History--1959-1990.
- Cuba.
- Cuba--History--21st century.
- Cuba--Social conditions--1959-1990.
- Social conditions.
- Cuba--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Cuba--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (86 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, PA] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2014]
- Language Note:
- In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- In 1961, three young architects were commissioned by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara to create Cuba's National Art Schools on the grounds of a former golf course in Havana, Cuba. Construction of their radical designs began immediately and the school's first classes soon followed. Dancers, musicians, and artists from all over the country reveled in the beauty of the schools, but as the dream of the Revolution quickly became a reality, construction was abruptly halted and the architects and their designs were deemed irrelevant in the prevailing political climate. Forty years later, the schools are in use, but remain unfinished and decaying. Castro has invited the exiled architects back to finish their unrealized dream.
- Participant:
- Featuring Ricardo Porro, Vittorio Garatti, Roberto Gottardi.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Benjamin Murray ; edited by Kristen Nutile, Alex Minnick ; composer, Giancarlo Vulcano.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Unfinished Spaces, LLC, c2011; previously released in 2012.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 16, 2014).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-unsp Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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