A special screening in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of one of the darkest episodes in Cuban history: the unjust execution by the Spanish colonial government of eight Cuban medical students in 1871. Based on true events, Alejandro Gil‘s 2018 film recounts with excruciating detail how a regiment of voluntary soldiers, along with a corrupt Spanish government, conspired to arrest them under trumped up charges. The film movingly depicts the students’ resolute stand to defend their dignity; the reaction of a few fair-minded Spanish men to the inexplicable injustice; and the role Fermín Valdés Domínguez played in unveiling the truth. In Spanish.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, moderated by Ricardo Gil, director of our History Program.
This film presentation complements our CreateNYC Language Access Series on Cuban History, Art, and Literature.
IT WILL BE STREAMED THROUGH OUR VIMEO CHANNEL.
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This event is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature.
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