Cuba and the Caribbean
on Panama Screens
PANAMA - The Panamanian
capital welcomes the
first exhibit of
Caribbean Traveling
Cinema, an action to
open spaces to Cuban
culture with the
screening of several
feature movies of the
island, said organizers.
The meeting with a
calendar through October
23, is the result of a
joint initiative of the
State Radio and
Television System (SERTV)
the Cinema Experimental
Group (GECU) and the
University of Panama,
together with the Cuban
Institute of Cinema Art
and Industry (ICAIC).
The program includes the
screening of 19
documentaries and
fiction productions of
14 nations representing
the Caribbean region.
Among the countries
included are Aruba,
Bahamas, Belize,
Barbados, Cuba, Curacao,
Guadaloupe, Haiti,
Cayman Islands, Jamaica,
Martinique, Dominican
Republic, St. Lucia and
Trinidad and Tobago.
For specialists, this
initiative is an
excellent opportunity to
get to know a cinema
production of a zone
that reflects realities
and worries of nations
with a great cultural
and idiomatic diversity.
Guests include Cuban
filmmaker Rigoberto
Lopez, president of the
exhibit and director of
works like Yo Soy del
Son a la Salsa and Roble
de Olor, both included
among the works to be
screened.
Also attending is actor
Luis Alberto Garcia,
reknowned performer in
Cuba and abroad, playing
the lead role in movies
like La Vida es Silbar
(Life is Whistling) also
included in this seventh
art event.
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