The film is an immersive and metaphorical portrait of post-colonial, “utopian” Cuba, where the 1898 explosion of the USS Maine still resonates. This Big Bang ended Spanish colonial dominance in the Americas and ushered in the era of the American Empire. At the same time and place, a powerful tool of conquest was born: cinema as propaganda. The film explores a century of interventionism and myth-making together with the extraordinary people of Havana – particularly its children – to interrogate time, imperialism and cinema itself.
Epicentro
Hubert Sauper
Born in 1966 in Kitzbühel/Austria. Studied Film at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and at the University of Paris VIII. Active as a director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
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