The Cuban Filmography

<p> On January 24 1897 an event took place that would change Cuban culture forever: the first moving pictures were shown in Havana. A couple of weeks later on February 7 the first movie was filmed on the island. Since then cinematography and Cuba have shared peculiar and innate connections as their beginnings roughly coincide and Cubans are living in both the age of independence and revolution and the age of film.</p><p> This work is a filmography of every Cuban film (including documentaries shorts and cartoons) released from 1897 the first year films were shown and made in Cuba through 2001. Each entry gives the original title of the film the English translation of it director production company or companies year of release black and white or color total running time writing credits if the film is based on a story or novel animation credits if the film is a cartoon music credits if music has been written specifically for the film cast credits and a synopsis and short critical evaluation.</p><p> The work also provides comments on the relationship between Cuban film and history and the changes that have taken place over the years in themes topics methods and other aspects of filmmaking in Cuba.</p>