Octavio Cortázar
2021La última rumba de Papá Montero
Octavio Cortázar
René de la Cruz, Sonia Caridad
Explores the sensuous rhythms and movements of the dance style known as the rumba, as demonstrated by the celebrated Havana rumbero Papá Montero. Blending vintage documentary footage with meticulously staged recreations, the dancer's tragic assassination at Carnival is connected with the passing of a cultural era in Cuban life.
The Last Rumba of Papa Montero
Por primera vez
Octavio Cortázar
In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the first time. Cortazar’s short film documents one audience’s response to its first film: Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.
For the First Time
Acerca de un personaje que unos llaman San Lázaro y otros llaman Babalú
Octavio Cortázar
Documentary about the 17th December, the date on which one commemorates St. Lazarus. This occasion is a day of celebration for Cuba, where Catholics and believers of African religion alike make a pilgrimage to El Rincón, outside Havana.
Acerca de un personaje que unos llaman San Lázaro y otros llaman Babalú
El brigadista
Octavio Cortázar
Patricio Wood, Salvador Wood
The Castro revolution was just consolidating its power when, in 1961, over 100,000 students were sent from their schools into the countryside to teach the peasants there how to read. Coinciding with the Bay of Pigs invasion, in this docudrama, 15-year-old Mario (Salvador Wood) has come to a tiny village in the Zapata swamps and gradually wins the villagers over to his task. At the same time, he receives an education in the realities of rural life from the hard-working peasants.
El brigadista
