Race & Cuba: Afrodescendant (in)visibility

Glasgow / Sunday 5 Nov / 3pm. Free and non-ticketed. Clubroom @ CCA, Glasgow. Race & Cuba: Afrodescendant (in)visibility (in partnership with Havana-Glasgow Film Festival). In Cuba, despite the significance of their cultural and economic contributions, Afro-descendants are often marginalised by state and political agendas. The screening will be followed by a discussion on race… Read More

Keyla screening

Edinburgh / Saturday 4 Nov / 1.15pm. Ticketed. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Keyla. Dir. Viviana Gómez Echeverry | Colombia | 1hr27 | 2017 | Fiction Keyla, a young woman, is searching for her father who is lost at sea. When her estranged family comes to help look for him, she must confront their dark past. A poetic… Read More

Carabantú Association short films

Edinburgh / Friday 3 Nov / 6.30pm. Free and non-ticketed. Screening Room, 50 George Sq., University of Edinburgh. Carabantú Association short films. The Black Creoles feature documentary will be preceded by a programme of short films produced by Carabantú Association with young Afro-Colombians in the city of Medellín. Invited speakers and activists Dixie Lee (URACCAN… Read More

The Black Creoles screening

Edinburgh / Friday 3 Nov / 6.30pm. Free and non-ticketed. Screening Room, 50 George Sq., University of Edinburgh. The Black Creoles–Memories and Identities. Dir. Martha Clarisa Hernández & María José Álvarez | Nicaragua/Costa Rica | 1hr24 | 2015| Documentary The Black Creoles gives voice to the Creole people from Nicaragua and Costa Rica who have… Read More

Black and Cuba screening

Glasgow / Wednesday 1 Nov / 7.30pm. Free and non-ticketed. The Rum Shack, 657-659 Pollokshaws Rd, G41 2AB. Black and Cuba. Dir. Robin J. Hayes|US/Cuba| 1hr21 |2014| Documentary This award-winning documentary follows nine Black Ivy League students who feel like outcasts at their elite university. They band together and venture to the Caribbean island of… Read More

Cuba libre screening

Edinburgh / Tuesday 31 Oct / 7.30pm. Free and non-ticketed. Screening Room, 50 George Sq., University of Edinburgh. Cuba libre. Dir. Jorge Luis Sánchez | Cuba | 2hs | 2015 | Fiction Feature Set in 19th century Cuba at the end of the country’s War of Independence, Cuba libre witnesses the moment when the Cuban… Read More