Shot in three countries over a two year period, Boxers and Ballerinas explores the US-Cuba conflict through the eyes of four youths--a boxer and a ballerina in Havana and Santiago de Cuba and a boxer and a ballerina exiled in Miami.
Simon, who's dreaming of a fabulous world, persuade his friends to come with him to find this mystic country in the 'third wood'. But, there's a condition: no adult should see them in this adventurous trip or the dream won't come true.
This film shows the post-revolutionary dynamics which, for ten years, will make cinema in Cuba an extraordinary cultural event. A film in memory of these pioneers.
Golden Scars presents an intimate portrait of the realities facing young musicians in Cuba. The film offers an exclusive look into the unique stories of two young rappers born in Santiago de Cuba. Going beyond issues of politics and revolution, the artists share with us their passion and the roots of their musical inspiration. Their spiritual strength as well as fierce convictions drive them to pursue their odyssey despite the tensions and personal struggles with which they are confronted. Golden Scars immerses us in the embodied rhythms animating these artists.
When Afrobeats hit Cuba, it helped to create a new genre called Bakosó, which itself is beautiful proof that the exchange between Cuba and Africa did not end with the transatlantic slave trade.
