Join Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) for a Cuban Film & Cultural Night!

The evening will feature live music, poetry and screening of the beautiful & revolutionary Cuban film:

José Martí: The Eye Of The Canary
(José Martí: El ojo del canario)

Cuba / Spain, 2011
Duration: 02:00
Director & Writer: Fernando Pérez Producer: Rafael Rey Cinematographer: Raúl Pérez Ureta Editor: Julio Yip Music: Edesio Alejandro Cast: Daniel Romero, Rolando Brito, Broselianda Hernández, Francisco López

Little is known of the childhood and youth of the great 19th-century Cuban liberator, José Martí. This robust biopic imagines his early years. The son of a magistrate, the precocious Martí — “Pepe” to family and friends — takes an early interest in justice. Gradually he enters the nascent independence movement and, not yet 18, is arrested for sedition. Respectful, yet not worshipful, this is a portrait of the revolutionary as a young man, and a stirring historical drama besides.

José Martí: The Eye of the Canary was awarded the Ariel for Best Latin American Film at the Mexican Academy Awards in 2011.