"EAST OF HAVANA IS THE REAL DEAL" (New York Times)---------------------------------------- "A new social club" (Cary Darling, SXSW) ---------- "A rap movement in East Cuba? Apparently so. And not only is it big but its actually really really good. I would be shocked if this film doesn't become an indie popular." (SXSW Blog, Blankscreen)------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- "[East of Havana is] essentially a sort of anti-Buena Vista Social Club. There is a Ferrer in the story but he's called Soandres not Ibrahim and he prefers over-sized T-shirts and baggy jeans to white caps and natty spats." (Barry Didcock, Sunday Herald, Scotland)--------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ---- "You can appreciate rap's deep significance to a Cuban musician named Soandry, who (in East of Havana) declares, 'Hip-hop means struggle. It means having a determined attitude towards life. Rebellion. The fight to make things better. The detoxification of the mind and body. To me, it means freedom.' Coming from someone living under Fidel Castro's regime, these words are anything but casual." (Desson Thomson, Washington Post) ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------- "The film says something quite interesting, which is that as much as Cuban citizens may fear the power of the government, the government fears its people and their freedom of expression exponentially more. Wim Wenders The Buena Vista Social Club showed us one side of Cuban music and culture, but East of Havana finally reveals the voice of contemporary Cuban youth and the rise of a very different new generation." (Jeffrey Wells, SXSW Blog) ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- "There are lessons in [East of Havana] -- political as well as musical -- that the download generation would do well to heed if they can tear themselves from MTV." (Barry Didcock, Sunday Herald, Scotland)
a little bit of everyone. Lefty romantic. Hardcore hardliner. Why? Because the only we'll figure this shit out is if we duke it out here. If you're not Cuban, feel free to hang out and throw in your 2 cents. There is no such thing as a stupid question. Well, ok, there is such a thing as a stupid question. But Cuban History and "The Revolution" were not taught too well in the American History books.
la lupe, trio matamoros, beny more, bola de nieve, joseito fernandez, celina gonzalez, willie bobo, mongo santamaria (mikki flow's cousin), nicolle chirino, celia cruz, spam all stars, cachao, willie colon, xiomara and son axl, ray baretto
soy cuba, goodnight goodluck, stylewars, red dawn, vampiros en la habana, battle of algiers, la haine, road to guantanamo, fresa y chocolate, suite habana, truffaut's fahrenheit 451, star wars, memorias del subdesarrollo, beat streat, before night falls, rey da habana, boxers & ballerinas, to catch a fire
Charlie Rose
old man and the sea
PLATO - "Musical innovation is dangerous to the state, for when modes of music change, the laws of the state always change with them." (BC 428-347) ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- MARK TWAIN - "History may not repeat itself but it sure does rhyme" ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- EDWARD R. MURROW - "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty" EAST OF HAVANA IS COVER STORY FOR COOL MAGAZINE OUT OF SPAIN/BERLIN.