Lazaro and the Shark: Cuba Under the Surface 2022 ( 2)

In Santiago de Cuba, rival conga bands scour the sparse marketplace for materials to create show-stopping numbers for the annual Carnival competition. O’Reilly’s film follows young, innovative Lázaro, who is determined to beat “the Shark,” his older and more establishment-favored competitor. Tensions build and tempers flare as the government restrictions and scarcity of present-day Cuba come to bear on one of the world’s poorest Carnivals.

Bailando con Margot 2015

Maestras Voluntarias 2022

Ana Deborah Mola and Belkis Lescaille were among the first young teachers who started pilot programs around the island of Cuba in 1960, laying foundation for the massive National Literacy Campaign that would take place the following year.

Little Kanka N/A

An Angolan woman of the Kwanyama ethnic group helps a wounded Cuban soldier; to fight death, there is an alliance between love, life, reality, and imagination.

The Last Leaf N/A

A young French woman and a Cuban woman share an income and friendship while studying at a Fine Arts Academy in Spain. When the pandemic begins, the Cuban woman falls seriously ill, but the sensitivity of an elderly artist changes her destiny.