'Cuba! Africa! Revolution! - cinema

Special screening with guest speaker
Bread and Roses pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, London, SW4
Sunday 27 July
2 - 5pm

CSC South London presents

'Cuba! Africa! Revolution!'
a special showing of a unique film about Cuba's involvement in the Angolan liberation movement and the fight against apartheid, includes interviews with participants from all sides.

With guest speaker:
Carlo Alberto, counsellor, Angolan Embassy.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the culminating battle of this historic struggle at the southern Angolan town of Cuito Cunavale.

For more info call Steve Johnson 020 8671 0730 or Ray Davies 020 7737 2304

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Cine Cuba - Barbican film festival

Cine Cuba - Cuban Cinema from revolution to reinvention
The Barbican
10 July - 17 July 2008



Combining gems from the Havana archives, outstanding new works and films celebrating Cuba's musical heritage, this standout season seeks the heart out of Cuban cinema. Highlights include the winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Strawberry and Chocolate, and the re-release of one of the early landmarks of post revolutionary Cuban cinema, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's 1968 masterpiece, Memories of Underdevelopment.

A complementary exhibition of hand painted, screen printed Cuban film posters runs at the Barbican from 10-24 July.

More information:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/series.asp?id=582

Programme

Thu 10 July
* 7pm Opening Gala: El Benny

Also live on stage: Moneda Nacional

Fri 11 July
* 6.30pm Mauricio's Diary
* 9.00pm Memories of Underdevelopment

Sat 12 July
* 2.00pm The Last Supper
* 4.00pm Death of a Bureaucrat
* 6.30pm A Cuban Fight Against Demons

Mirtha Ibarra, film star and wife of director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, and author and Cuban cinema expert Michael Chanan will present screening of A Cuban Fight against Demons.

* 9.00pm Memories of Underdevelopment

Sun 13 July
* 1.30pm Journey of a Long Day Toward the Night
* 3.30pm Lucia
* 6.30pm Madrigal
* 9.00pm Memories of Underdevelopment

Mon 14 July
* 6.30pm Dancing Cha Cha Cha
* 8.45pm Memories of Underdevelopment

Tue 15 July
* 6.30pm Strawberry and Chocolate
* 8.45pm Memories of Underdevelopment

Wed 16 July
* 8.45pm Memories of Underdevelopment

Thu 17 July
* 8.45pm Memories of Underdevelopment

Contact details
The Barbican
Silk Street
London

http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/series.asp?id=582

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Peak Oil London screening and talk

'The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil' hosted by the Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, King's Cross, London, N1 9DX
Wednesday 16 July
7pm


A screening of this inspirational film which recounts how Cuba has managed
to feed its people with limited access to imported oil and foods. Followed
by Q&A.

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 and struggles as
well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly
mechanized,industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call "The Special Period."

The film opens with a short history of Peak Oil, a term for the time in
our history when world oil production will reach its all-time peak and begin
to decline forever. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis - the massive reduction of fossil fuels - is an example of options and hope.

'The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil' is a project of The
Community Solution, a non-profit organization that designs and teaches
low-energy solutions to the current unsustainable, fossil fuel based,
industrialized, and centralized way of living.

Film time: 53 mins
http://www.powerofcommunity.org
www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk

Free entry
Drinks will be available
Nearest tube: King's Cross

Tel: 020 7837 4473

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CSC BANNED - Big Cuba50 Fiesta at Rise 2008

Finsbury Park, Sunday 13th July 2008
Finsbury Park, North London
Sunday, 13th July 2008
1pm- 7.30pm

STOP PRESS. CSC HAS BEEN BANNED FROM THIS YEARS RISE FESTIVAL SEE

http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/news.asp?ItemID=1352

Big Cuba50 Fiesta at Rise, Finsbury Park, Sunday 13th July 2008

Big Cuba50 Fiesta - celebrating 50 years of Cuban Culture and Arts

1pm- 7.30pm non-stop party with live Cuban and Latin American music and dance, special guests:

Featuring:

Omar Puentes and Raíces Cubanas
Raíces Cubanas, have been dubbed part of Cuba’s ‘nueva generacíon’. With their roots in Cuban Son and Charanga infused with Afro-Cuban jazz, they have developed a great dance party sound in Cuban music – with a full 10 piece band including horns, piano, tres, percussion and singers.

MC Philipsman Direct from Cuba MC Philipsman hails from the legendary Hip Hop crew Triangulo Oscuro. With a charismatic stage presence and dynamic flow his beats blend Afro Caribbean influences with Reggae, Hip Hop and Reggaeton to form a potent brew.
www.myspace.com/philipsman1

El Mahico
Up and coming band from Leicester playing a mix of latin influenced hiphop/soul - latino guitar riffs, samba rhythms fused with hip-hop beats from the
bass, and decks is fresh and invigorating.
www.myspace.com/elmahicouk

Radio Revolucion
Radio Revolucion play Latin Reggae Ska Punk with strong influences from London underground sounds like Jazz, Drum'n'Bass and Dub. They mix their music with fiery lyrics in the name of conciousness, rebellion and party in the true spirit of their idols Joe Strummer and Manu Chao.

Paseo Malanga
Paseo Malanga, the UK’s first Cuban Carnival band, take their music from the streets of Santiago de Cuba. They weave amongst the crowd, who are invited to join the parade and dance to all the famous Cuban congas. At Rise they will be joined in the parade by the children (and carers) from the kids’ Carnival workshop plus other dancers.

Roberto ‘Tio’ Molina
Cuban dance teacher from Havana, performer for the Conjunto Nacional de Spectaculos and Tropicana Cabaret, will lead Mambo, Conga and Salsa classes throughout the day.

Movimientos DJs Cal Jader and Pablo N play a fiery blend of Salsa, Cumbia and Merengue mixed with contemporary Latin beats Reggaeton, Funk Carioca, and politicized Hip Hop and Ska.
www.movimientos.org.uk / www.myspace.com/movimientos

Club Clandestino DJs
Spinning the latest and hottest Cuban dance tunes: salsa, charanga, merengue, rumba, timba, reggaeton and more.

Celebrate Latin American unity with Digame & Artery Arts children’s workshop
All day Cuban and Latin American carnival arts open workshop for kids to make carnival hats, decorations, shakers, flags of Cuba and Latin America with face painting and lots of fun – culminating in the carnival parade around the site.

Organised by Cuba Solidarity Campaign (with thanks to Unite the Union)
Cuba Solidarity Campaign works in the UK to support an end to the illegal blockade of Cuba, an end to interference in Cuba’s affairs by foreign governments and towards respect for Cuba’s sovereignty and independence. CSC also publishes a journal and organises conferences, cultural events in the UK, specialist study tours and working holidays to Cuba.
This year sees the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.
For more info: www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk www.cuba50.org

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