Landrián Restored
October 24 @ 7:00 PM PDT
Through the 1960s and 1970s, Nicolás Guillén Landrián, the first Black director to work within Cuba’s national film institute, created a remarkable body of work. Balancing lyricism with formal invention, humor, and social critique, his films are reflections of everyday life for ordinary Cubans, with a particular focus on Afro-Cuban lives. Censored, banned, and buried in the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) archives for many years, his work has nonetheless survived the attempts of the state to write him out of history. Featuring the California premiere of new restorations, this program takes us from Landrián’s old neighborhood in Havana to the downtown Miami community where he continued to create until the end.
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