The project “Cuba en Pantalla” was created by Jack Riordan and draws on his experience taking the “Curso de Cine Cubano” at the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) in the fall of 2019. The project explores Cuban history, identity, and social imaginaries through a curated selection of films spanning from the 1960s to the 2010s, accompanied by brief essays on Cuban cinema’s cultural and political roles and a reflection on the crisis in film preservation in Cuba. What makes the project particularly compelling is its combination of historical narrative with filmic imagery, offering a layered view of Cuba’s revolution, society, and memory through both documentary and fictional cinema.
