BigList
Login / Sign up
Por primera vez (1969)

Por primera vez (1969)

Documentary
Release Date: 1969, November 20
Directors: Octavio Cortázar
Countries: Cuba
Production: Lombarda Industria Cinematografica, ICAIC

Overview:

In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a travelling projectionist troupe 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.

Keywords:

cuba cinema documentary filmmaking remote village secluded film exhibition rural cuba roadshow post-revolution cuba