Sara Gomez, a genuinely original filmmaker and the first female director at the Cuban Cinema Institute (ICAIC), passionately explores everyday life with all its turmoil in the revolution’s early days. Female and black, Gomez was committed to the revolution and to changing society by creating a new cinematic language that addressed the contemporary themes of race, class and gender. In the film a female teacher is sent to work in a place where a slum has been demolished and new houses built. She begins a relationship with a local worker and the film combines testimony, documentary, and fiction to chart how the social changes influence everyday life.

De Cierta Manera/ One way or another| Sara Gomez| Cuba 1974/7, ICAIC | 1hr 18min | Spanish with English subtitles | 18

BOOK TICKETS 4pm, Sunday 10 March 2024, at The Garden Cinema. Includes short ‘…Y Tenemos Sabor’ by Sara Gomez and Q&A with Tania Delgado, Cuban film specialist

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CAST Mario Balmaseda, Yolanda Cuellar, Isaura Mendoza

AWARDS 1977, Annual Critics’ Selection, Cuba.