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Fidel, an award-winning documentary by Cuban-American journalist, Estella Bravo, is a portrait of the Cuban leader. The film spans a period of 40 years of Castro’s rule from his early childhood and college days to his Presidency of Cuba and includes interviews with Harry Belafonte, Nelson Mandela, Alice Walker, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Sydney Pollock, and others. Rare footage shows him swimming with his bodyguards, working in the fields cutting sugar cane, visiting his childhood school and talking with Elian Gonzales, the six-year old boy who became a rallying point for Cuban exiles in Miami.

Released from prison after serving two years of a fifteen-year sentence, Castro took a ragtag army of volunteers and recruited farmers, women, and working people into the mountains to fight a decade-long guerilla war that led to the overthrow of American-backed Fulgencio Batista and his takeover of Cuba in 1959. 91min.,  2001

BoyfriendRobotique IS the cutting edge. They are a troupe of five, comprised of gay straight and trans performers who put on a show fusing vaudeville and DaDa. For inspiration they draw on the Surrealists, the Cockettes, Jean Genet and the Spice Girls; performing a full on collision of the most beautiful and the most mundane. Previously they have re-interpreted Disney numbers (dressed as flowers in breast bindings) whilst sweeping the floor and have also staged a glam rock funeral dirge. Their shows are an attempt at undermining every cherished notion of what a “good show” should be, as such you will hear dialogue to make John Waters blush, witness choreography reminiscent of spiders having seizures, and enjoy the flimsy production values of a high school play. Truly BoyfriendRobotique is the revolution!

Press quotes:

“Like watching Liza Minnelli and the Cockettes form a suicide pact at
Euro-Disney.”  (Time)

“The High School production from Hell” (New York Times)

“If the Dadaists were alive they’d hate this too.” (The Independent)

“10 out of 10; a hoot and a half!” (Vanity Fair)

Know about the many faces of the Indian Film Industry. Learn about the many cinemas within Indian cinema as we go down the decades, (from Indian Independence till now).  How the Indian films have reflected the social and political moods of its people and look at and beyond the dance and drama that constitutes the largest film industry in the world.

Your chance to learn a little history, theory and aesthetics of Bollywood cinema. This  3rd i film class, taught by Arti Jain will be 2 hrs…  just like a Bollywood film. We will have a break, discussion and Q & A:

For more info visit 3rd i, http://www.thirdi.org/~sf/screenings.html