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Black and Cuba, 2016
"A must see for people of all colors!" Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Author, Racism without Racists, banned in Florida.
"However, racism persists. ALEX confides that he “gets pissed off” by the
police and White Cubans who don’t respect his professional achievements
because he’s Black. Political and cultural elites in Cuba are mostly
White, although AfroCubans comprise approximately 60% of the population.
Castro’s government prohibited open discussions about racial difference
and racism until 2000. The TRAVELERS see how not talking about race
negatively impacts a society’s ability to fully address the issue."
progressivepupil.org |
'Black and Cuba': Nine Students Who Fought Racism with Books 2/3/2016 NBC: "The
new documentary "Black and Cuba" follows a group of nine Yale graduate students
who felt more like outcasts than a part of their elite Ivy League community.
Bonding over feelings of alienation, they formed a black resistance reading
group to discuss books on the movement against racism throughout the African
diaspora and were further inspired to take a field trip to Cuba in 2002 to see
firsthand "how revolution lives" on the island."
Black and
Cuba Director's Cut Trailer 4/3/2015 Progressive Pupil, YouTube: "This
award-winning documentary follows street smart students are outcast at their
elite Ivy League university, band together, and adventure to the enigmatic
Caribbean island of Cuba-whose population is 60% Black. After playing to sold
out audiences at prestigious film festivals and museums throughout the US and in
Berlin, "Black and Cuba" is now available at Vimeo on Demand."
Shadow and Act (A cinema of the African Diaspora): Raising funds: Disadvantaged
Black students at Yale visit Cuba in documentary "Black and Cuba" 2/18/2015 Insight
News: "Raising funds via Indiegogo, the documentary "Black and Cuba," directed
by Robin J. Hayes, professor at The New School, follows a group of disadvantaged
African American students at the prestigious Yale University, who take a field
trip to Cuba to see "how revolution lives," and to get inspiration in order to
pursue their own black resistance reading group."
Q&A: In “Black and Cuba”, A New Approach to Discussing Race 12/18/2012 IPS:
“Black and Cuba” follows a diverse group of Yale students who feel like outcasts
at their elite institution, band together and adventure to Cuba to see if
revolution is truly possible. It is based on a short documentary I directed,
entitled “Beautiful Me(s): Finding our Revolutionary Selves in Black Cuba”. I
was one of the students who made that journey to Cuba. Many of the students were
from neighbourhoods like mine. The idea for the film came out of our desire to
take what we learned from this trip and share it with our family members and
neighbours who had done so much to support our educational success but were
still grappling with the challenges of racial inequality and economic hardship.
A documentary made information accessible in a way that our academic work could
not."
Milano’s Robin J. Hayes Teams with Occupy the Hood to Screen Her Documentary
Black and Cuba 11/10/2012 Public Engagement: "“Black and Cuba aims to
directly address everyday people’s growing concerns about the combined
international consequences of racial and economic inequality,” said Hayes, who
in addition to directing, writing and producing the documentary is one of the
students featured in the film. “That’s why we want to hear input from the people
who are most directly impacted by these issues.” The screening and community
talkback featuring Prof. Hayes is part of HoodWeekNYC, an educational symposia
featuring Cornel West and hip hop artist Jasiri X."
Raising Funds: Disadvantaged Black Students at Yale Visit Cuba in Doc "Black and
Cuba" 4/30/2012 IndieWire: "Raising funds via Indiegogo, the documentary
Black and Cuba, directed by Robin J. Hayes, professor at The New School, follows
a group of disadvantaged African American students at the prestigious Yale
University, who take a field trip to Cuba to see "how revolution lives," and to
get inspiration in order to pursue their own black resistance reading group."
Black and Cuban-American: Bias in 2 Worlds 9/13/2009 NYT: published
9/13/1997, 12 years ago.
Pan African Film Festival hosts premiere
www.paff.org/filmfest/2014-films/black-and-cuba/
IMDb listing
www.imdb.com/title/tt3464234/
Two minutes from the director of Black and Cuba, Robin J. Hayes, PhD, about
why she's made the film and how she hopes Good Pitch will help.
vimeo.com/channels/progressivepupil/58231506
Beautiful Me(s) - Finding our Revolutionary Selves in Black Cuba
www.beautifulmes.com/black_nationalism.html
Beautiful Me(s) is the intimate travel diary of underdog students who
travel from the Ivy League to the rebel state of Cuba
Robin J. Hayes, director
www.newschool.edu/facultyexperts/faculty.aspx?id=92732
www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/faculty-list/?id=87983
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