Great Day in Havana
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Laurie Ann Schag
Tania Bruguera
Israel Del Monte
Pedro Gonzalez
Eloy Machado
Elio Ruiz
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The best, the truest landscape of a city is the human landscape. What began as days of filmmakers' excursions became years of discovery. Havana painters, sculptors, filmmakers, poets, dancers share their worlds in this documentary, baring the artistic, the spiritual soul of old and new Havana. It is not the view from Miami. The artists proudly display their city, the crumbling buildings contrasting with the vibrant people and their art. Painter/graphic artist Israel del Monte relates how he left Cuba and returned to see his city as if for the first time, saw that it is beautiful. Others speak of the burdens caused by world and US politics of the last 12 years-in Cuba, where all gestures are political, it is close to impossible to avoid politics. Interweaving stills and videotape shot over eight years with interviews and music of salsa performers, filmmakers Schag and Stoll have created a love song to the Havana people and the barrios of their city.
Cast
Tania Bruguera
Israel Del Monte
Pedro Gonzalez
Eloy Machado
Elio Ruiz
Asela Diaz
Carlos Alfonso
Ele Valdes
Carlos Varela
Jorge Perugorria
Yareli Arizmendi
Crew
Equis Alfonso
Erika Andersen
Abel Chapa
Isaac Delgado
Edward Lucero
Pablo Milanes
Camerata Romeu
Laurie Ann Schag
Laurie Ann Schag
Laurie Ann Schag
Laurie Ann Schag
Compay Segundo
Rafael Solis
Casey Stoll
Casey Stoll
Casey Stoll
Casey Stoll
Carlos Varela
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States on Video November 18, 2003
Released in United States March 2001
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 1-11, 2001.
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States on Video November 18, 2003
Released in United States March 2001 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 1-11, 2001.)
