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Song for Cuba
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This experimental documentary about memory and music follows a young Cuban couple charting a new course for their lives on an island in the North Atlantic.
Citation
Main credits
Segura, Tamara (film director)
Segura, Tamara (screenwriter)
Clarke, Annette (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Justin Simms; editing, Lawrence Jackman; music, Patrick Boyle.
Distributor subjects
Music; Culture + Identity; Afro-Latin; Exile; Caribbean Studies; Migration Studies; Sociology; Women; Central AmericaKeywords
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(footsteps)
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(door closing)
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(door opening)
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- Gustavo?
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(Gustavo laughing)
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(wind blowing)
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(opening package)
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(sniffing)
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(soft music)
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(distant crowd shouting)
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(woman on laptop):
2, 3, 4, and 1!
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(trumpet music playing)
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(clicking sound effects)
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Reach the hand!
Reach the hand out! That's it!
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Long!
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To the left!
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(rhythmic music from laptop)
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At length's end!
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Out through the fingertips!
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Higher!
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- Gustavo?
- Let it go, now!
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2, 3, 4, and 1!
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That's it! That's it!
- Gustavo!
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- 1... and 2!
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Reach the hand!
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And 2!
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- Ah!
(indistinct chatter)
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Oye, mijo, tu eres sordo?
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Tsk!
(clattering)
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(man, indistinct)
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(soft music)
(applause)
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(indistinct chatter)
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(lively music)
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(Spanish song)
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(wind blowing)
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(lively music continuing)
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Subtitling: CNST, Montreal
Distributor: Pragda Films
Length: 7 minutes
Date: 2014
Genre: Expository
Language: Spanish / English subtitles
Grade: High School, College, Adult
Color/BW:
Closed Captioning: Available
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