¡Quba!
¡Quba! introduces us to Adela Hernandez, Cuba’s first transgender government official, and El Mejunje, the cultural hub where art and performance are rewriting what Cuban society can look like.
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Against the backdrop of Havana's sun-drenched streets and shimmering coastline, "¡Quba!" blazes a trail through Cuba's LGBTQ revolution. At its heart stands Adela Hernandez, a trailblazing trans politician who rose from the dark days of UMAP imprisonment to become the first transgender person in Cuba's government. Alongside her, the charismatic Ramon Silverio transforms his cultural haven El Mejunje into ground zero for change, taking his rainbow-colored caravan of artists and performers deep into the countryside to challenge prejudice through the universal language of art. As archival footage reveals how machismo and religious bigotry cast a long shadow over the queer community but then a new generation of firebrands - Las Isabellas and Ulises Suarez - picks up the torch, and charges toward the historic 2022 marriage equality victory that would finally let love win in revolutionary Cuba.
Contra el telón de fondo de las calles bañadas por el sol de La Habana y su costa resplandeciente, "¡Quba!" abre camino a través de la revolución LGBTQ de Cuba. En su centro se encuentra Adela Hernandez, una política trans pionera que se elevó desde los oscuros días de encarcelamiento en la UMAP hasta convertirse en la primera persona transgénero en el gobierno cubano. Junto a ella, el carismático Ramon Silverio transforma su refugio cultural El Mejunje en el epicentro del cambio, llevando su caravana multicolor de artistas y performers hasta lo más profundo del campo para desafiar los prejuicios a través del lenguaje universal del arte. Mientras las imágenes de archivo exponen cómo el machismo y los prejuicios religiosos proyectaron sombras asfixiantes sobre la comunidad queer, surge una nueva generación de revolucionarios - Las Isabellas y Ulises Suarez - para reavivar la llama de la revolución. Juntos, lideran una marcha imparable hacia la histórica victoria de la igualdad matrimonial en 2022 que finalmente permitiría que el amor triunfara en la Cuba revolucionaria.
Screenings
ENCORE: Land and Resistance
Watch anytime between September 11-21. Three films. Three places where tradition lives in the body and the voice. Dené women reviving centuries-old hide-tanning practices. An Afro-Colombian trans leader…
Land and Resistance
FEATURED SCREENING: Three films. Three places where tradition lives in the body and the voice.
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Credits
- Director
- Kim Anno
- Screenwriter
- Kim Anno
- Producer
- Kyung Lee, Julia Robertson
- Cast
- Adela Hernandez
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