Por primera vez (1969)

11/20/1969 (CU) • 9m

Documentary

Overview

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

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Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

cuba

documentary filmmaking

secluded

remote village

first film

cinéma

film exhibition

rural cuba

roadshow

post-revolution cuba

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