Posted by marci.l.angevine@Vanderbilt.Edu on Thursday, October 2, 2014 in Activities Everyone.

Presented by: William Luis, Professor of Spanish and Director of the Program in Latino and Latina Studies; and Gloria Rolando, Filmmaker
Cuba (2014) Dir: Gloria Rolando. A documentary about a little-known chapter in the history of Cuba where Haitians were brought to the country as cheap labor to work in the sugar cane fields and coffee plantations in the beginning of the 20th century. Despite the discrimination suffered by the Haitians, the Creole language, voodoo and other musical and dance traditions remain in the cultural landscape of Cuba, even after the workers were shipped back to Haiti when they were no longer needed. Spanish with English subtitles. DVD. 59 minutes. Note: Filmmaker Gloria Rolando will be present at the screening and will lead a post-screening discussion.