Last Friday, day of investigaciones independientes, I found myself in the world of Cuban film on 23rd between Calles 10 y 12. Here the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) is located, with its many offices and archives, joined to a cine de arte, “Charlie Chaplin.” Across the street is a café and […]
“La represión llegó temprano” or “Out of the frying pan, into the fire”
If anyone had any doubts about who had been detained and threatened with deportation in places “such as Nicaragua,” that would be me. I had also dragged along one Jack Carrick to serve as body guard/travel companion/professional photographer, so we had the pleasure of bonding over our detainment by the Nicaraguan national police in San […]