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In Santiago de Cuba, rival conga bands scour the sparse marketplace for materials to create show-stopping numbers for the annual Carnival competition. O’Reilly’s film follows young, innovative Lázaro, who is determined to beat “the Shark,” his older and more establishment-favored competitor. Tensions build and tempers flare as the government restrictions and scarcity of present-day Cuba come to bear on one of the world’s poorest Carnivals.
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Ana Deborah Mola and Belkis Lescaille were among the first young teachers who started pilot programs around the island of Cuba in 1960, laying foundation for the massive National Literacy Campaign that would take place the following year.
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El 31 de diciembre de 1958 un detective investiga el robo de un cuadro en la casa de una adinerada viuda habanera. La relación entre ambos, en medio de pesquisas y danzones, descubre la historia de la casa y la familia. La entrada de los barbudos a La Habana cambia el destino de las cosas.
