17th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, March 4 at 7:00pmDiscussion follows the screening. ABOUT THE FILM It’s the late 1980s in Cuba, and in an isolated ranch in a small town near Santa Clara, lives Vilma, a young nurse who dreams of a better place to raise her upcoming baby, along with her disabled husband […]

17th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, March 11 at 7:00pmDiscussion follows the screening. ABOUT THE FILM A choral story where characters of different statuses and generations cross paths in an attempt to find happiness and alleviate the loneliness that crushes some of them. In a 12-storey building, neighbors and newcomers intersect, and in these encounters […]

17th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, March 18 at 7:00pmDiscussion follows the screening. ABOUT THE FILM Cherri is gay, loves classical ballet, and has a body that is a flamboyant celebration of weight. He is the choreographer of a plus-size ballet troupe at a Havana weight clinic while looking after his disabled husband. Although he […]

17th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, March 25 at 7:00pmDiscussion follows the screening. ABOUT THE FILM Three stories of migration, exile and memory develop in the Cuban town of San Antonio de los Baños, a place that time forgot. Alex and Edith, a young couple in their thirties, build their lives upon small gestures, reminisces […]

17th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival Wednesday, April 1 at 7:00pmAfter the film a special live music performance by Gloria “La Niña” Rivera. She was born in Havana, the daughter of famed music legend “El Niño” Rivera. She is a long-time resident of Minnesota and is a well-known Cuban singer performing with the Salsa del Soul […]