Octavio Cortázar Movies

In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the...

Five young Cubans, ex-revolutionaries, meet after years in Havana during a dancing carnival night.

The Castro revolution was just consolidating its power when, in 1961, over 100,000 students were sent from their schools into the countryside to...

Documentary about the 17th December, the date on which one commemorates St. Lazarus. This occasion is a day of celebration for Cuba, where Catholics...

Explores the sensuous rhythms and movements of the dance style known as the rumba, as demonstrated by the celebrated Havana rumbero Papá...

In an imaginary country in Latin America, a man asks for asylum in an embassy. Trickery, passion, and intrigue are the motives of his actions.

Analyzes the typical features of the punto, a Cuban musical tradition from the days of Spanish colonialism.

Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half...