Ann Marie Stock
On Location in Cuba
Cuba has undergone dramatic changes during the past two decades. As global tides washed over the island in the early 1990s, Cubans did their best to remain anchored. How did they respond to the break-up of the Soviet Union — their nation’s abrupt loss of a major trading partner and symbolic model? And how have they faced one of the greatest challenges posed by globalization — preserving their sense of home and community while engaging with an increasingly connected world?
On Location in Cuba probes these questions.
The lens of cinema—defined broadly to include film, video and audiovisual art—permits an analysis of this pivotal moment in the island’s history, this “special period” of accelerated change and great uncertainty.
In the United States, we tend to think that Cuba is on the brink of change. But, in fact, the island has already instigated and assimilated remarkable shifts—the legalization of U.S. currency, the development of tourist infrastructure, the encouragement of entrepreneurial activities and small businesses, and even the Pope’s celebration of Catholic mass in Revolution Square. It’s crucial to acknowledge and examine recent transformations if we are to effectively engage with Cubans in the near future.
Fragment from an animation by Yurina Luis Naranjo, reproduced in the book on page 140
Editor: Erind Pajo
On Location in Cuba
Ann Marie Stock On Location in Cuba: Street Filmmaking during Times of Transition University of North Carolina Press 320 pages, 9 x 6 inches ISBN 978 0807859407
Available here →July 6, 2009
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Ann Marie Stock
Ann Marie Stock is an Associate Profesor of Hispanic Studies and Film Studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. Dr. Stock is the editor of Framing Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Critical Perspectives and author of numerous essays on visual culture and identity, especially in the context of Latin American cinema. As the Founding Director of the non-profit initiative Cuban Cinema Classics, Dr. Stock disseminates Cuban documentaries in the U.S. She also serves as a member of the executive committee of the Havana Film Festival of New York, and regularly participates as a juror for such film events as the Sundance Festival and Cinergia.
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