NOW! is a hard-hitting documentary short about the civil rights movement in the US. It was made in 1965 by Santiago Alvarez, known as one of the most influential documentary filmmakers the revolution produced. He had spent part of the 50s living in the States. For 30 years he headed up the Cuban Film Institute’s now legendary newsreel division, Noticerio ICAIC.  NOW! is set against a soundtrack of the same title by the African-American singer Lena Horne which was banned in the US. A series of clips and still images of the civil rights movement in the US exposes the brutality of the state and the power of resistance.

NOW! | Santiago Álvarez| Cuba 1965, ICAIC |6min |18

BOOK TICKETS 8pm, Saturday 9 March 2024 at The Garden Cinema. Includes feature ‘Death of a Bureaucrat’ and Q&A with Cuban film specialist and filmmaker Michael Chanan.