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“Long Distance” Premieres in New York City

August 18, 2011
“A low budget is no excuse to make a mediocre movie,” Esteban Insausti told a packed audience this past Saturday as his film, Larga Distancia (Long Distance), had its formal international premiere at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Rachel Weiss: “It Was the Force of the Work that Really Got My Attention”

August 10, 2011
Rachel Weiss is a professor of arts administration and policy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, who has been traveling to Cuba, and writing about Cuban art, since 1986. Her book, To and From Utopia in the New Cuban Art, was published earlier this year by the University of Minnesota Press. Cuban Art News recently spoke with Weiss about the book, and about contemporary Cuban art in general.

Fundación Grantees Nurture Cuba-U.S. Cultural Exchanges

August 02, 2011
In late 2010, Fundación Cuba Avant-Garde, the sponsoring organization for Cuban Art News, made its first grants to U.S. arts organizations with projects about Cuban art and culture. As the Fundación heads into its second funding season, Cuban Art News checks in with the 2010 grantees.

Verónica Lynn: An Actress and Her Characters

July 27, 2011
In a conversation with Cuban Art News, this essential figure in Cuban film, theater, and television talks about directors she’s worked with, actors she admires, and the greatest compliment she ever received from a fan.

Cuban Films Make Strong Showing in Los Angeles

July 21, 2011
Youth culture and Cuban music hit the spotlight this week at the LA festival, with Gerardo Chijona’s Boleto al Paraíso (Ticket to Paradise) headlining a selection of Cuban films that showcase hip-hop, surfing, and the classic rhythms of son.
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