Guanabacoa : Crónica de mi familia
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
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
I.C.A.I.C. Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos