As the first feature film directed by an Afro-Cuban woman, Sara Gómez, De Cierta Manera marks an unprecedented milestone in the history of Latin American cinema. This fictional documentary, directly born from the Cuban Revolution, tackles the challenge of representing the socio-political frictions that arose within a society in full transformation.
Sara Goméz
Cuba
1974
60’
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Spanish
English
Documentary
The short film Macho provides the viewer with a thought-provoking exploration of how notions of masculinity are constructed and maintained using the controversial sexual abuse case of the Nicaraguan Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega as the narrative trigger.
Lucinda Broadbent
Scotland, Nicaragua
2000
26’
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Genre:
Spanish
English
Documentary
As the first feature film directed by an Afro-Cuban woman, Sara Gómez, De Cierta Manera marks an unprecedented milestone in the history of Latin American cinema. This fictional documentary, directly born from the Cuban Revolution, tackles the challenge of representing the socio-political frictions that arose within a society in full transformation.