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Film and History in Revolutionary Cuba.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mraz, John.
- Series:
- SUNY Series in Latin American Cinema Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Cuba.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures and history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- An unparalleled in-depth study of Cuban revolutionary cinema.From 1968 to 1976, energized by a postrevolutionary cultural effervescence of which cinema was the prime expression, the Cuban Film Institute made a unique, concerted effort to produce history films and to reflect on the genre.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- History on Film
- Historical Cinema and Revolutions
- Chapter 1 The Historical Context, 1965-70: The International and National Fronts
- The International Front
- The National Front
- Chapter 2 The Historical Context, 1965-70: Society, Ideology, and History
- Conciencia
- Women and Revolution
- Blacks and Revolution
- History and Revolution
- Cien años de lucha
- Machete Charges and Mambises
- The Padilla Affair
- Chapter 3 On the Aesthetics and Ideology of History in the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC)
- Showing Film as Film
- Heroes
- Cuban Cineastes Reflect on the Representation of the Past
- Anti-imperialism and the Construction of National Identity
- Historical Melodramas
- Nationalism and Internationalism
- ICAIC and the New Latin American Cinema
- Uses and Abuses of History
- History as Cinematic Art
- Realism and Reality
- Documentary, Neorealism, the "New Waves," and Imperfect Cinema
- A Soviet Influence?
- Chapter 4 Memories of Underdevelopment I: Bourgeois Consciousness, Revolutionary Context
- Synopsis
- The Weight of the Past
- Sergio's Sexuality
- Credit Sequence
- The Formal Complexity of Memories of Underdevelopment
- Who is Sergio?
- Sergio's Refuge
- Sergio and Laura
- Identification and Estrangement
- Sergio and Elena
- Sergio and Noemí
- Sergio and Hanna
- Sergio's Indecision
- Sergio and the Pueblo (the People)
- Contradicting Sergio's Point of View
- Sergio and the Revolutionary Bureaucrats
- Sergio: The Mediocre Hero
- Chapter 5 Memories of Underdevelopment II: Film Form, Historical Figures, and Reception
- Sergio Corrieri
- Mixing Modalities
- Documentary Elements
- Blacks, Intellectuals, and Underdevelopment
- The Hemingway Museum
- Sergio and the Petit Bourgeoisie.
- The Victory at the Bay of Pigs
- Fidel on Television
- Sergio and the Missile Crisis
- Reception
- Chapter 6 Lucía: The History of Cuba in Three Movements
- The Portrayal of Women and Revolution
- Decolonization and Film Form
- Reworking Melodrama
- "Lucía 1895"
- "Lucía 1932"
- "Lucía 196_"
- Thinking and Feeling Historically
- Chapter 7 Slavery and Cinematic Style
- The Other Francisco
- Novel and Film
- The Last Supper
- The Historical Sources
- The Supper
- History's Body
- Historical Research
- Black Resistance
- The Past and the Present
- Film and History
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mraz, John Film and History in Revolutionary Cuba
- ISBN:
- 9798855808186
- OCLC:
- 1596874809
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