This unusual collaboration between a Cuban novelist and a Canadian
professor offers uncensored and frank interviews with prominent
figures of contemporary Cuban cultural life, from a Grammy-winning
jazz artist to world-class filmmakers and actors, writers, ballet
dancers, and dramatists.
In recent years the small island, with a population of just 11
million, has experienced an astonishing cultural renaissance. The
immense popularity of the movies Buena Vista Social Club and
Strawberry and Chocolate, the successful international tours of the
National Ballet of Cuba, and a host of literary prizes in Spain and
Latin America attest to this phenomenon.
The thirteen people interviewed played a leading role in
cultural life during the years of the revolutionary process and
today are considered official Cuban figures -- Silvio Rodriguez,
Anton Arrufat, Alicia Alonso, Abelardo Estorino, Chucho Valdes,
Pablo Armando Fernandez, Leo Brouwer, Nancy Morejon, Roberto
Fernandez Retamar, Roberto Fabelo, Frank Fernandez, Fernando Perez,
and Jorge Perugorria. They discuss a range of topics -- their own
work and limits on it, the challenge of producing art in a poor
country, and threats of censorship. All state categorically that
they feel a profound sense of national identity and an acute
awareness of their role as cultural symbol.
Together, these candid interviews offer a unique perspective on
the artist and intellectual in socialist society and an overview of
the dynamic expression of popular culture in Cuba today.
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