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YOU CUBA

2004 13′
Director Margaret Williams and choreographer Cathy Marston worked with Danza Contemporánea de Cuba to make 4 x 3 minute dance films for Channel 4. After transmission the film was edited to make a 13′ version
  • You Cuba Film
  • You Cuba Film

S Y N O P S I S

Gabriel García Márquez said Cuba is ‘The most dance oriented society on earth.’ ‘YOU CUBA’ was originally inspired by the film ‘I AM CUBA’, directed by Mikhael Kalatazov.

The many different qualities of Cuba provided motivating starting points for the film YOU CUBA: the people and its many poetic metaphors, the culture; the politics, physical location and environment. The dance itself is abstract yet passionate and emotional. Shot on DVCam, it was filmed entirely on location in Havana and on Santa Maria beach.

C R E D I T S

director
MARGARET WILLIAMS

choreographer
CATHY MARSTON

dancers
MICHEL AVALOS ARTIGAS
TANIA SUAREZ LOPEZ
YOSMEL CALDERON MEJIAS
JESSIE GUTIERREZ RAMIS
MIGUEL ALTUNAGA VERDECIA

camera
MICHEL BAUDOUR
MARGARET WILLIAMS

music
DAVE MARIC

editor
AL FLEMING

producers
ANNE BERESFORD & NURIA FONT
MJW PRODUCTIONS