Tent City / Apollo, Man to the Moon, by Miñuca and Fernando Villaverde | Activity

Apollo, Man to the Moon (1970) and Tent city (1980), The First and Last of the Films Made by the Creative Couple Fernando and Miñuca Villaverde in the United States, Are Essential Parts of the Cinema of the Cuban Diaspora, Intimate and Collective Records of a National Rift that Continues to this Day. Created on the Basis of a Cross Between Experimental Cinema, Fiction and Documentary, The Villaverdes’ Work is a fundamental predecessor of Today’s Cuban Avant-Garde Film. The Copies to Be Screened Are the result of the project to Restore Their Diaspora Films recently Carried Out by The Filmoteca de Catalunya.

In Apollo, Man to the MoonTwo Cuban Film-Makers Who Have Just arrived in New York Record Life in the City, The Sounds and Sights of Its Streets and Its People, at the time of the First Human Moon Landing.

Tent city Is a Documentary Portrayal of Some of the Refugees in the Mariel Boatlift of 1980, in Which 120,000 Cubans Left the Island and Went to Florida. Whenever One of the Characters Looks at the Camera, The Authors Appar with Their Own Exile and Their Own Body, Filling the Theater with their Ironic Rebellion and Their Nostalgic Humor.

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From May 23, 2025 to Janury 11, 2026

Coco fusco. And Learned to Swim on Dry Land