Soy Cubana
Film Notes
Original Title: Soy Cubana
Country, year: USA, 2021
Language: –
Duration: 79′
Color: colore
Director: Jeremy Ungar & Ivaylo Getov
Cast: The Vocal Vidas: Koset Muñoa Columbié, Maryoris Mena Faez, Ana Josefina Hernández, Annia del Toro Leyva
Screenplay: Agustín Rexach Martín, Ivaylo Getov & Jeremy Ungar
Photography: Ivaylo Getov & Ezequiel Casares
Film editing: Agustin Rexach Martín
Music: Dayramir González
Production: Robin Miller Ungar
Premiere: EUROPEA
Screening info
Location: Auditorium Cappella Guinigi | Date: 29/09/2022 Time 21.00
Lungometraggio | Documentario
Synopsis
The Vocal Vidas are an all-female a cappella group from Santiago de Cuba, the cradle of Afro-Cuban music. In 2017, they were invited to perform in the United States for the first time, just as diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba began to close. As they traveled to Los Angeles, playing in restaurants, jazz clubs and preparing for their biggest concert ever – in front of four thousand Angelenos at Downtown LA’s Grand Performances – the journey of the Vocal Vidas came to resemble the story of two cultures, geographically close, yet ideologically disparate, as they begin to reconnect in the face of international uncertainty.
Awards:
- Audience Award (Category: 24 Beats Per Second) SXSW, 2021
- Youth Grand Jury Prize: Best Documentary Feature, Flickers Rhode Island
International Film Festival, 2021
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