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  1. Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story (2018)

    Director
    Iciar Bollain
    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes)

    Yuli is based on Acosta’s autobiography ‘No Way Home, A Cuban Dancer’s Story’. It is his own story about growing up in Cuba, becoming a dancer, moving to London and his relationship with his father,...

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  2. Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Computer (2013)

    Director
    Miller Freeman plc
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 96 minutes), $395.00

    Documentary about three young women who use social media to document, denounce and combat violations of human rights and free speech in their countries. Yoani Sánchez, Zeng Jinyan and Farnaz Seifi are...

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  3. Cuba, An African Odyssey (2008)

    aka: Cuba, Une Odyssee Africaine

    Director
    Jihan El-Tahri
    Subject
    Development studies; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 190 minutes), £24.99

    Using archive footage and personal accounts, this film tells the story of the Cold War through the prism of its least known theatre: Africa. From 1961 to 1991, this continent was the battleground for a war...

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  4. 638 Ways to Kill Castro (2007)

    Director
    Dollan Cannell
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 140 minutes), £17.99

    Poison pens, lethal noxious gases, deadly model aircraft, toxic cigars, baseball grenades and exploding molluscs - just a sample of the hilariously outlandish 638 plots to kill the charismatic Cuban...

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  5. Che Guevara As You Have Never Seen Him Before (2007)

    Director
    Manuel Parades
    Subject
    Politics & government; Spanish studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £14.99

    October 9th 1967. La Higuera, Bolivia. Shots ring out and a man dies. A man, but not the ideals and principles he stood for. The execution ensured that Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna became, and remains,...

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  6. I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) / Siberian Mammoth (2007)

    aka: Soy Cuba

    Director
    Mikhail Kalatozov; Vicente Farraz
    Subject
    Film studies; Politics & government; Spanish studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 230 minutes), £8.99

    A 2-disc set. Disc 1 : I AM CUBA, partially written by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, captures the island just before it made the transition to a post-revolutionary society. Moving from city to country...

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  7. Fabulous History of the Cuban Cigar, The (2006)

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £12.99

    A documentary history of the Cuban cigar. From the European connoisseur and the Cuban plantation owner to the peasants who do the work, this film explores the peculiar mystique of the Havana smoke.

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  8. Power of Community, The: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

    Director
    Faith Morgan
    Subject
    Agriculture; Economics; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 53 minutes), $20.00

    When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half - and food by 80 percent - people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships...

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  9. With Our Memory on the Future (2006)

    Subject
    Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 63 minutes), £13.00

    This documentary was produced by the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) on the 45th anniversary of its founding. The film examines the progress that Cuban women have made since 1959. Through interviews on the...

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  10. World Revolutions for Students, Series (7 Parts) (2005)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes each), £158 (set) £32.00 (each)

    This series of 7 programmes examines the underlying causes and dramatic effects associated with revolutions throughout world history. It explores the revolutionary philosophies and strategies of world...

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