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The Greening of Cuba

When trade relations with the socialist bloc collapsed in 1990, Cuba lost 80 percent of its pesticide and fertilizer imports and half its petroleum—the mainstays of its highly industrialized agriculture. Challenged with growing food for 11 million in the face of the continuing US embargo, Cuba embarked on the largest conversion to organic farming ever attempted. Told in the voices of the women and men—the campesino, researchers, and organic gardeners—who are leading the organic agriculture movement, The Greening of Cuba reminds us that developed and developing nations alike can choose a healthier environment and still feed their people.38min. 1996, Spanish with English subtitles.

Hasta la Victoria Siempre (Forever Until Victory)

This film by Cuban director Santiago Alvarez contains televised speeches by Ernesto Che Guevara, intercut with photographs and footage from the hills of Bolivia. In one speech, Che discusses the importance of the Cuban revolution to Latin America and the role of the United States in perpetuating poverty in Bolivia. 1965, 28min., Spanish with English subtitles

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Program:

 Premiere:
The Plan: a film by Micah Brandt trt: 9:39

 Premiere:
A Night To Remember: Directed by Jason Denzel trt: 12:00

The Nightingales: Directed by Brad Kane trt: 10:00

Ole Pologa (The Suffer): by Zena Noah Iese trt: 3:00

Bay Alarm spec: Directed by: Armando S. Ani trt:0:30

Untitled: Directed by: Margarita Peralta trt: 4:30

Kandy Kidz: Directed by Micah Brandt trt: 10:00

A Collection of shorts: Directed by Robin Dunn trt: 25:00

Mid-Penn…a tv pilot. Directed by Matt Chapman trt: 11:00

Red: Directed by Blake Harjes trt: 2:00

Additional entries TBA

This groundbreaking new documentary by Aleida Guervara (Che Guevara’s daughter), “Chávez, Venezuela and the New Latin America,” explores Venezuela’s explosive revolutionary terrain post-April 2002—when Hugo Chávez survived a coup attempt.

Featuring interviews with Hugo Chávez, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and Jorge García Carneiro, newly appointed head of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, along with others who are involved in the country’s many social programs. This film affords a rare opportunity to glimpse through the blockade of information imposed by the United States into a country rich with hope, dreams and… oil. 2004, 55min. Spanish with English subtitles.