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Guanabacoa : Crónica de mi familia

Sara Gómez
1966 Cuba 14 minutes Spanish

Sara Gômez’ family hails from Guanabacoa, one of the areas in the Havana where the African heritage has left its deepest imprint.

Sara Gómez

Sara Gomez: Born  in 1943 in Havana, Sara Gomez studied literature, the piano and Afro-Cuban ethnography before turning to cinema. She went on to become Cuba’s first woman director. In 1961, she enrolled in the ICAIC (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry) and worked notably as assistant director alongside Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Jorge Fraga and Agnès Varda. 

Production :
I.C.A.I.C. Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos
Distribution :
I.C.A.I.C. Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos

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