Germinal Hernández

Born in 1943, Sara Gómez studied literature, piano, and Afro-Cuban ethnography before becoming the first female Cuban filmmaker. A woman of great intelligence, independence and generosity, she was a revolutionary filmmaker with intersecting concerns about the Afro-Cuban community and the value of its cultural traditions, women's issues, and the treatment of the marginalized sectors of society.

An approach to a living myth of dance, Alicia Alonso, from the viewpoint of her passion, tenacity and devotion to art. It includes fragments of the ballet Giselle, choreographed by her, based on the original by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, and of La Diva, choreographed by Alberto Méndez.

Matanzas, Cuba, 1913. Two young people who are in love communicate through letters written by penman. When the young man leaves town, to become a pilot, the girl discovers she is really in love with the one who wrote the letters.

A left-wing intellectual, faced with the imminence of his arrest during the coup d'état against President Joao Goulart, lives anguished moments of definition. To the collapse of his small universe is added a conjugal confrontation that unmasks him mercilessly.

The film is based on the historical event known as the Protest of Baraguá.

Альсино, мальчик, живший со своей бабушкой в отдаленном районе Никарагуа. Он был захвачен войной между повстанцами и правительственными войсками, когда Америка решила открыть плацдарм на землях семьи мальчика. Он продолжает стараться жить обычной жизнью: гулять, лазить по деревьям, играть с девочками, но война все равно входит в его жизнь. Конфликт втягивает его, и теперь он уже часть этой войны.

A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of policital order, from capitalism to feudalism to "primitive savagery."

A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.

In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country.

Documentary about the history of the bateyes, informal settlements surrounding the mills to house workers. Throughout the film, Sara Gómez recovers the political and cultural relevance of black migrants.

In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana. He finally meets Elena, a young virgin girl he seeks to mould into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?