Barbara Cohen

Movies

Habana Eva
Original Music Composer
In a Havana, shaken by Fidel's retirement, a young seamstress, trapped in a sweatshop job, dreams of designing beautiful dresses. Frustrated by her lazy, though adorable Cuban boyfriend, she meets a sophisticated ex-patriot Cuban-Venezuelan who dazzles her with a glamorous future. After many deceptions and surprises, Eva has to choose between the two men she loves. Hers is an unexpected decision... a humorous metaphor of Cuba's options for the future
Pedro
Original Music Composer
An intimate biopic of Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive Cuban-American, who was cast for the MTV reality show, The Real World: San Francisco, in 1994. Due to his experience on the Real World, Pedro became a celebrity and a sympathetic face of the AIDS epidemic for millions of Americans who had never met anyone with HIV/AIDS.
Detour
Music
Driving home from a deep desert rave, seven teenage friends travel off the beaten path only to be trapped in a reality far more horrible and frightening than any nightmare they could possibly imagine...Flesh eating cannibals roam this stretch of tortured land, feeding off anyone who is foolish enough to stray into their deadly territory.Now the friends must become as savage as their attackers if they are to escape the desert alive...
Eileen Is a Spy
Music
Eileen spends her days observing life from a safe distance. Until she meets Jayne, that is. Jayne is a free spirited, warm, down-to-earth woman who has been hitchhiking around the country. Eileen finds herself drawn to Jayne and their friendship opens up doors for Eileen, allowing her to become more of a participant in life - with all the consequences that participating in life generally entails.