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SUMMARY:Chronicles of the Absurd (Crónicas del absurdo)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Miguel Coyula | 2024 | 77 Minutes | Spanish \nLogline | Artists Lynn Cruz and Miguel Coyula deploy a string of secret audio recordings to expose the intimidation that independent artists in Cuba have to suffer. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/chronicles-of-the-absurd-cronicas-del-absurdo/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250406T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250406T201500
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T010439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T142151Z
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SUMMARY:42nd Street
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Jose Maria Cabral | 2025 | 90 Minutes | Spanish \nLogline | After the funeral of their best friend\, someone who hasn’t been seen in 8 years shows up and old secrets come to light. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/42nd-street/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T025116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T143256Z
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SUMMARY:Becoming Vera
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Sergio Vizuete | 2025 | 87  Minutes | English \nLogline | A young pianist battles poverty\, unscrupulous music producers and her own insecurities to find a future in the world of Latin Jazz. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/becoming-vera/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T161500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T155432Z
UID:6416-1744232400-1744232400@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:The Python Hunt
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Xander Robin | 2025 | 91 Minutes | English \nLogline | Every year\, the Florida government invites the general public to compete in an invasive python removal contest in \nthe Everglades. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/the-python-hunt/2025-04-09/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T090000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T152629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T152629Z
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SUMMARY:Espina
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Daniel Poler | 129 Minutes | Spanish \nLogline | Jonathan\, a person who used a wheelchair\, recruits two unlikely aides for a wild trip to Panama City to settle a long-held grudge. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/espina/2025-04-10/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T151805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T152825Z
UID:6372-1744309800-1744309800@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:Cuba's Eternal Night (La noche eterna de Cuba)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Jordan Allott | 205 | 66 Minutes | Spanish \nLogloine | 5 Cubans are filmed in struggle from government repression\, scarcity of food and medicine\, and the biggest mass \nexodus the island ever experienced. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/cubas-eternal-night-la-noche-eterna-de-cuba/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T184500
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T160201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T160202Z
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SUMMARY:The Goldsmith’s Secret (El secreto del orfebre)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by| Olga Osorio | 2025 | 99 Minutes | Spanish \nLogline | Goya winner Mario Casas (The Invisible Guest) and Goya nominee Michelle Jenner (Berlín) star in the adaptation of \nElia Barceló’s romance novel. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/the-goldsmiths-secret-el-secreto-del-orfebre/2025-04-10/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T153533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T153558Z
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SUMMARY:Isla Familia
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Abraham Jimenez | 2024 | 85 Minutes | Spanish \nLogline | Documents independent journalist Abraham Jiménez Enoa during the last years of his life\, from the Covid \npandemic in Cuba through his political exile. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/isla-familia/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T160201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T160201Z
UID:6409-1744405200-1744405200@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:The Goldsmith’s Secret (El secreto del orfebre)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by| Olga Osorio | 2025 | 99 Minutes | Spanish \nLogline | Goya winner Mario Casas (The Invisible Guest) and Goya nominee Michelle Jenner (Berlín) star in the adaptation of \nElia Barceló’s romance novel. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/the-goldsmiths-secret-el-secreto-del-orfebre/2025-04-11/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T141211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T141651Z
UID:6345-1744462800-1744462800@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:Corina
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Urzula Barba Hopfner | 98 Minutes | Spanish \nLogline | A 20-year-old housebound woman accidentally compromises her publishing company’s famous book saga. To save her job she must overcome her fears. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/corina/2025-04-12/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T161500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T155432Z
UID:6420-1744468200-1744468200@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:The Python Hunt
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Xander Robin | 2025 | 91 Minutes | English \nLogline | Every year\, the Florida government invites the general public to compete in an invasive python removal contest in \nthe Everglades. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/the-python-hunt/2025-04-12/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T031209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T143727Z
UID:6337-1744479000-1744479000@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:Cherri
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Fabián Suárez | 2025 | 82 Minutes | Spanish \nLogline | Cherri is an obese gay man who cares for his elderly husband. When he develops a crush on a handsome security guard he gets taken advantage of. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/cherri/2025-04-12/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T141211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T141652Z
UID:6349-1744545600-1744545600@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:Corina
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Urzula Barba Hopfner | 98 Minutes | Spanish \nLogline | A 20-year-old housebound woman accidentally compromises her publishing company’s famous book saga. To save her job she must overcome her fears. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/corina/2025-04-13/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T144500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T144500
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250314T023912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T145332Z
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SUMMARY:Two Islands Premiere
DESCRIPTION:Two Islands is an evocative documentary that uses the art of cinematic storytelling to explore an extraordinary international cultural exchange between Afro-Cuban artists from Miami and First Nations Aboriginal artists from Australia. This collaboration delves into the rich traditions\, rituals\, and ceremonies of these two vibrant cultures. Through the exchange of ideas\, values\, and traditions\, Two Islands highlights the power of cultural connection in fostering tolerance\, acceptance\, and the continuous growth of our diverse global community. \nThe journey began with a two-week artistic residency in Miami between the Afro-Cuban and Aboriginal artists that culminated in a multidisciplinary musical and dance performance at the Koubek Center in December 2023\, featuring Afro-Cuban multi-instrumentalist and educator Michael Gil\, who worked alongside with Gary Lang\, Artistic Director and Choreographer of the Aboriginal-run NT Dance Company; Banula Marika\, Yolngu elder from East Arnhem Land and David Spry\, Marranunggu Marrathiyel singer-songwriter from Darwin\, Australia\, along with Afro-Cuban dancer and choreographer Marisol Blanco from Sikan Afro-Cuban Dance Project and musicians Manuel Clua\, René Pedroso\, and Caridad Paisán\, and dancers Suramy Suarez Braulio Hernandez. \nThe culmination of this two-year international cultural exchange is now brought to life in Two Islands\, a documentary produced by Melissa Messulam\, Director of MDC’s Koubek Center\, and directed by Humberto Ochoa\, a renowned storyteller and photographer known for his work in documentary and portrait photography. \nThis inspiring film was produced by Miami Dade College’s Koubek Center and was made possible thanks to the support of Miami Dade College\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/two-islands-premiere/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T144500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T144500
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250319T162138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T145158Z
UID:6422-1744555500-1744555500@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:Two Islands Miami Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Directed by | Humberto Ochoa | 2024  52 Minutes | Spanish\, English \nLogline | Five artists from two different cultures\, Afro-Cuban and First Nations Aboriginal Australians\, collaborate through \nmusic and dance to explore their ancestor’s cultural heritage. \nThe Koubek Center is excited to be partnering with the Miami Film Festival\, returning April 3 – 13 all across #Miami.  \nCatch groundbreaking films\, red carpet moments\, and unforgettable events across Miami for a film-worthy 10 days.  \nTag us! \n@MiamiFIlm #MFF42 #MiamiFF
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/two-islands/
LOCATION:Koubek Center Theater\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20241112T014558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T013811Z
UID:6164-1745523000-1745780400@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:Mariela in the Desert
DESCRIPTION:The Koubek Center at Miami Dade College \n2705 SW 3rd St\, Miami\, FL 33135\, USA \nMariela and José were once the golden couple of the Mexican artists’ inner circle. Together they built a family and an artist colony to host friends Diego Rivera\, Frida Kahlo\, and Rufino Tamayo. But now their daughter has grown up and run away\, their friends are too famous to call\, and artistic inspiration has been strangled by isolation and lies. Set in the northern Mexican desert in 1950\, Mariela in the Desert is a deadly mystery—a layered yet profoundly honest story of what happens to a family when creativity is forced to dry and wither away. \nContent Advisory \nThis production contains mature themes and language. Ages 12 and up.
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/mariela-in-the-desert/
LOCATION:Koubek Center\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250417T200708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T200708Z
UID:6480-1746126000-1746126000@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:Día Internacional del Libro
DESCRIPTION:La Feria del Libro de Miami y Koubek Center del Miami Dade College te invitan a celebrar el Día Internacional del Libro con una velada literaria única. \nLa Feria del Libro de Miami y el Koubek Center se complacen en invitar a la comunidad a la segunda edición de la celebración anual del Día Internacional del Libro\, un evento que reúne a algunas de las instituciones culturales más representativas de la ciudad para celebrar la literatura en la primavera. \nEste encuentro especial será una excelente oportunidad para que el público tenga un contacto cercano con autores y gestores culturales de Miami\, mientras conmemoramos una fecha clave para la comunidad hispanohablante. Representantes de cada entidad compartirán breves lecturas de sus obras\, en una noche dedicada a la palabra\, la creación literaria y el intercambio cultural. Además\, habrá venta de libros y un brindis para celebrar la riqueza de nuestra vida literaria. \n Participan:\nEdiciones Suburbano · Cinco Books · Imago por las Artes · Revista Literaria Baquina · Fundación Cuatrogatos · CAAW Ediciones (Cuban Artists Around the World) · Nagari Foundation\, Inc. · Insularis Magazine y La Otra Esquina de las Palabras · Centro Cultural Español de Cooperación Iberoamericana · Editorial El Ateje · Unos Otros Ediciones  \nLecturas a cargo de:\nKelly Martínez Grandal · Silvia Royo · Claudia Noguera · Maricel Mayor Marsán · Ana Schein · Denis Fortún Bouzo · Jhanayra Manzano · José Prats Sariol · María Marco Villate · Elvira de las Casas · Daniel Deprophet \nCon el apoyo de Mariano Moreno Culinary Institute \nJueves 1 de mayo de 2025 – 7:00 PM\nKoubek Center Teatro | 2705 SW 3rd St.\, Miami\, FL 33135\nEntrada libre + Valet parking gratuito\nBrindis\, venta de libros y más !
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/dia-internacional-del-libro/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Books & Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250430T152726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T152727Z
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SUMMARY:Clase Magistral con el galardonado bailaor y coreógrafo Marcos Flores
DESCRIPTION:Con motivo de las presentaciones del aclamado bailaor Marcos Flores los días 2 y 3 de mayo junto a FUNDarte en el Aventura Arts and Cultural Center\, el Koubek Center y el Flamenco Dance Institute de Irene Lozano se complacen en presentar una Master Class exclusiva el día 3 de mayo a las 12:00 PM en el Art Space del Koubek Center. \nUna oportunidad única para aprender de uno de los referentes más innovadores del flamenco contemporáneo. \nPara registrarse\, deben comunicarse al 786-658-7642. \nMarcos Flores es bailaor y coreógrafo flamenco\, galardonado con el Premio Nacional de Flamenco y el Premio Max\, entre otros reconocimientos. Recientemente ha sido distinguido con el Premio Godot 2024 al Mejor Bailarín y el Premio de la Crítica Especializada 2025 del Festival de Jerez. \nEntre sus obras más recientes se encuentran Rayuela (2020)\, Sota\, Caballo y Reina (2021)\, Vengo Jondo (2022) y Tierra Virgen (2024). Además\, ha sido coreógrafo invitado del Ballet Nacional de España. Su obra continúa enriqueciendo el flamenco con una voz artística única\, marcada por la curiosidad\, la exploración y una creatividad sin miedo.
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/clase-magistral-con-el-galardonado-bailaor-y-coreografo-marcos-flores/
LOCATION:Koubek Center\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250524
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250505T180352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T132011Z
UID:6503-1747612800-1748044799@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:Segundo Encuentro de Creadores de Cine y Televisión\, “De la Idea a la Pantalla 2”
DESCRIPTION:El Consulado General de México en Miami\, a través de su Instituto Cultural\, en colaboración con los Consulados Generales de España y Argentina\, así como con el Miami Dade College – Koubek Center\, presentan el Segundo Encuentro de Creadores de Cine y Televisión\, “De la Idea a la Pantalla 2”. Este evento tiene como objetivo crear una plataforma de diálogo\, formación\, promoción y vinculación entre creadores audiovisuales en Estados Unidos\, México y América Latina. \nMiércoles  21 mayo \n10:30AM – 12:30PM– Proyección Película “Los Futbolísimos”. Película matinal dirigida a estudiantes de las escuelas de Miami Dade County. Presenta Agregaduría Educación de España. \n5:00PM – 6:00PM –  Panel con Directores Locales: Retos y Procesos. Modera: PAFF Anuncio de Beca Cinenauta Cristian Proa \n6:00PM – 7:00PM – Panel de Coproducción Internacional: \nLeo Zimbron (México) \nMónica Aguirre\, Secuoya/ Black Sheep Productions (España) \nCarla Gómez\, Former VIX/Netflix \nJimena Argüelles\, Non Stop Studios (México) \nGerardi Brandi\, (Argentina) \nModera: Lilliana Moyano \n7:30PM – 8:30PM – Panel Talento en Producción: \nDavid Chocarro (Argentina) \nSofía Aragón (México) \nModeradora: Jimena Argüelles \nJueves 22 mayo \n11:15AM – 12:00M – Lunch \n12:00M – 1:00PM – Panel de Festivales de Cine: \nFernando Arciniega\, IFFM \nAlberto Sigarroa\, MFF \nCristian Ossa\, We Cam Fest \n1:00PM – 2:30PM – Proyección Película Argentina-Uruguay “La Uruguaya” Film \n3:00PM – 4:45PM – Proyección Película España “El Día de la Bestia” \n5:00PM – 6:30PM – Proyección de Cortos \n6:30PM – 8:00PM – Proyección Película México “Casi el Paraíso” \n8:00PM – 8:30PM – Q&A Productores: Juan Curi y Juan Ponce \n8:30PM – 9:00PM – Networking (Eventbrite)
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/segundo-encuentro-de-creadores-de-cine-y-television-de-la-idea-a-la-pantalla-2/2025-05-19/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250505T180352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T132011Z
UID:6507-1747911600-1747947600@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:Segundo Encuentro de Creadores de Cine y Televisión\, “De la Idea a la Pantalla 2”
DESCRIPTION:El Consulado General de México en Miami\, a través de su Instituto Cultural\, en colaboración con los Consulados Generales de España y Argentina\, así como con el Miami Dade College – Koubek Center\, presentan el Segundo Encuentro de Creadores de Cine y Televisión\, “De la Idea a la Pantalla 2”. Este evento tiene como objetivo crear una plataforma de diálogo\, formación\, promoción y vinculación entre creadores audiovisuales en Estados Unidos\, México y América Latina. \nMiércoles  21 mayo \n10:30AM – 12:30PM– Proyección Película “Los Futbolísimos”. Película matinal dirigida a estudiantes de las escuelas de Miami Dade County. Presenta Agregaduría Educación de España. \n5:00PM – 6:00PM –  Panel con Directores Locales: Retos y Procesos. Modera: PAFF Anuncio de Beca Cinenauta Cristian Proa \n6:00PM – 7:00PM – Panel de Coproducción Internacional: \nLeo Zimbron (México) \nMónica Aguirre\, Secuoya/ Black Sheep Productions (España) \nCarla Gómez\, Former VIX/Netflix \nJimena Argüelles\, Non Stop Studios (México) \nGerardi Brandi\, (Argentina) \nModera: Lilliana Moyano \n7:30PM – 8:30PM – Panel Talento en Producción: \nDavid Chocarro (Argentina) \nSofía Aragón (México) \nModeradora: Jimena Argüelles \nJueves 22 mayo \n11:15AM – 12:00M – Lunch \n12:00M – 1:00PM – Panel de Festivales de Cine: \nFernando Arciniega\, IFFM \nAlberto Sigarroa\, MFF \nCristian Ossa\, We Cam Fest \n1:00PM – 2:30PM – Proyección Película Argentina-Uruguay “La Uruguaya” Film \n3:00PM – 4:45PM – Proyección Película España “El Día de la Bestia” \n5:00PM – 6:30PM – Proyección de Cortos \n6:30PM – 8:00PM – Proyección Película México “Casi el Paraíso” \n8:00PM – 8:30PM – Q&A Productores: Juan Curi y Juan Ponce \n8:30PM – 9:00PM – Networking (Eventbrite)
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/segundo-encuentro-de-creadores-de-cine-y-television-de-la-idea-a-la-pantalla-2/2025-05-22/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250602
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250506T181342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T191356Z
UID:6577-1748476800-1748822399@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:Third Horizon Film Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:Almost every year since 2016\, THFF has gathered filmmakers\, film lovers\, and members of our community to experience the art of Caribbean and diaspora cinema through a rigorously curated program of films\, visual art\, performances\, panels\, and other related events. \nAs we continue to find ourselves in an era where a hegemonic establishment seeks to shore itself up to the misrepresentation and exploitation of minority communities in Florida and worldwide\, never has it been more necessary to foreground independent filmmaking voices that are unafraid to do what cinema\, at its resisting best\, does so well: speak truth to power. \nAnd so in curating this year’s THFF\, we are making a determined effort\, as we always do\, to ensure our program reflects the idea of cinema as a socially and politically disruptive tool\, both in terms of form and content. \n\n\n\n\nWe invite you to join us for an unforgettable weekend of engagement with films by the Caribbean and its diaspora’s most cutting-edge moving-image artists.
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/third-horizon-film-festival-2025/
LOCATION:Koubek Center\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T100000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250505T190103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T203138Z
UID:6509-1748599200-1748599200@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:SHORTS BLOCK: JUST A DREAM\, LIKE ALL OTHERS
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\n\n\n\n\nBlood ties are centered in these four films\, fictional explorations of the often fraught relationships between kith and kin—and one non-fiction twist on the old pledge\, til death do us part. \nA Q&A with filmmakers whose work appears in this program will follow the screening. \n\n\nAFTER SUNDAY \nBy Omolola Ajao | 16 mins | 2024 | Canada \nAs a young woman takes a hard look into her family’s past\, difficult truths begin to surface in the memories of their migrant journey. Within the fragments of differing perspectives\, she must sort through past recollections to get to a place of her own fictioning. \nTHE TOBACCONIST \nBy Keifer Nyron Taylor | 22 mins | 2024 | United Kingdom \nTobias\, an unemployed British-Jamaican personal trainer\, sells counterfeit tobacco for his mother who is moving back to Jamaica after deportation threats. One violent encounter with a war veteran\, Rough Sleeper\, a spectral reminder of his father who also fought as a British subject\, turns his quick cash scheme into a haunting odyssey across South London. \nSERVICIO NECROLÓGICO PARA USTED (OBITUARY SERVICE FOR YOU) \nBy María Salafranca | 12 mins | 2024 | Cuba \nOn the side of the road\, in a rural Cuban town\, stands a funeral home in which Maurilio and Fidela\, partners in work as in life\, have been preparing corpses for the past seventeen years. With quietly affectionate humour\, Servicio necrológico para usted takes us on an offbeat tour of this discreet establishment where death and love intertwine on a daily basis. \nST. ANDREWS \nBy Erin Ramirez | 16 mins | 2024 | Jamaica \nComing to terms with her family’s racial prejudice\, a Chinese-Jamaican teenager is pushed to carry out a subtle act of defiance—one which may have permanent consequences.
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/shorts-block-just-a-dream-like-all-others/
LOCATION:Koubek Center\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250505T191302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T191355Z
UID:6520-1748606400-1748606400@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:L’OUBLI TUE DEUX FOIS (TWICE INTO OBLIVION)
DESCRIPTION:By: Pierre Michel Jean \n\n\n\n\n\nCountry: Haiti\nLanguage: Kreyòl and Spanish\, w/English Subs\nDuration: 100 mins\nYear: 2024\nGenre: Non-Fiction\n\n\n\nSYNOPSIS\n\n\n\n\nHaiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Quisqueya\, as well as a hidden genocide. In 1937\, Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo ordered the massacre of over 20\,000 Haitian immigrants living in the Dominican Republic. Daphné Ménard\, a Haitian theatre director\, brings together actors from both parts of the island to work on an unprecedented event\, a creative project that demands people from both sides to summon up the darker realms of their histories. \nA Q+A with Pierre Michel Jean will follow the screening.
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/loubli-tue-deux-fois-twice-into-oblivion/
LOCATION:Koubek Center\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T141500
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250505T191608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T192045Z
UID:6526-1748614500-1748614500@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:STAGING CINEMA: PERFORMANCE\, THEATER\, AND CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN FILM
DESCRIPTION:In contemporary Caribbean documentary/hybrid/expanded cinema\, incorporating performance is more than an aesthetic choice—it is a tool for reckoning with history\, collective memory\, and political struggle. Whether through theatrical staging\, direct address to the camera\, or the incorporation of live performance\, artists and filmmakers use performance as a means of processing trauma\, reclaiming agency\, and reshaping dominant narratives. \nThis panel brings together THFF25 filmmakers Joseph Hillel (Koutkekout)\, Natalia Lasalle-Morillo (En Parábola/Conversations on Tragedy (Part I))\, and Génesis Valenzuela (the live performance A Freedom Struggle: Looking for Lucrecia Perez) to discuss how theater and performance function in their work. How does performance offer a way to navigate political upheaval\, displacement\, violence\, and historical trauma? What is the relationship between performance as catharsis and as resistance? How does collective creation in theater translate to film? And how do artists balance the tension between theatricality and the real in storytelling?
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/staging-cinema-performance-theater-and-contemporary-caribbean-film/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T153000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250505T193118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T202906Z
UID:6532-1748619000-1748619000@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:SHORTS BLOCK: A FEVER DREAM WAITING FOR THE RIGHT BUILDERS
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\n\n\n\n\nUrban space is at the centre of these four films\, formally attentive explorations of various intersections of gentrification\, migration\, and empire\, from Chicago to Miami\, Bangalore to London. \n\n\nFOR THOSE THAT LIVED THERE \nBy Shawn Antoine II | 6 mins | 2023 | USA \nAmidst the ivy-draped remnants of once-notorious public housing projects\, For Those That Lived Thereweaves a visual tapestry\, navigating the poignant impacts of gentrification\, the displacement of Black legacies\, and emerging migrant narratives. Against Chicago’s ever-evolving skyline\, this evocative exploration immerses audiences into the soul of a neighborhood transformed. \nNO SE VE DESDE ACÁ (YOU CAN’T SEE IT FROM HERE) \nBy Enrique Pedráza-Botero | 20 mins | 2024 | Colombia\, USA \nMuch like the people it is about\, No se ve desde acá is suspended in that stasis between arriving and finding belonging\, moving associatively through observational vignettes in contemporary Miami\, juxtaposed with a disruptive collection of video and sound archives that range as far back as the 1930’s\, revealing an obsession with American individualism and collective uncertainty as questions arise for immigrants about cultural identity and economic opportunity. \nRADICLE CITY \nBy  Arjuna Keshvani-Ham | 12 mins | 2024 | India\, UK \nRadicle City is a cinematic essay which imagines a future in which Bangalore’s gardens no longer exist. Narrated as a poetic address by a voice who has grown up in a city without trees\, the film’s hybrid documentary and fictional narrative recovers and reinterprets footage of an unknown walker’s journey along a park that marks an old line of colonial segregation in the city. This is an old border with new lines: today the city is India’s “silicon valley”\, an IT hub at the heart of a network of global capitalism\, an incubator for the apparatuses of Modi’s digital technocracy and one of India’s most unequal and divided cities. Moving restlessly back and forth between past and possible future\, the film is at once an investigation into the city’s complex colonial entanglements and their afterlives\, and an elegy to the city’s gardens\, fragile spaces of resistance in a metropolis which threatens their destruction. \nOKAY KESKIDEE! LET ME SEE INSIDE \nBy  Rhea Storr | 20 mins | 2025 | UK \nOkay Keskidee! Let Me See Inside is a personal account of Black community spaces in the UK\, focusing on the Caribbean diaspora. By visiting the site of the former Keskidee Center that is now luxury apartments\, the film considers the conditions which allowed this historical space to thrive. The film explores the reasons why gathering in physical space is difficult because of the premium cost of space and the often free labor or government funding needed\, both of which are scarce. We see the architecture of surrounding developments driven by rampant capitalism. Can the digital realm replace a physical community presence and produce an accessible archive for a new generation?
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/shorts-block-a-fever-dream-waiting-for-the-right-builders/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T171500
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250505T195000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T195000Z
UID:6543-1748625300-1748625300@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:YOU DON’T GET FREEDOM\, YOU TAKE FREEDOM: CARIBBEAN ACTIVIST CINEMA 1978–1985
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\n\n\n\n\nIn keeping with its ongoing commitment to presenting heritage works of Caribbean cinema\, both during its annual festival and as part of its year-round programming\, Third Horizon is honored to present a retrospective of restored films at this year’s Festival. Entitled You Don’t Get Freedom\, You Take Freedom: Caribbean Activist Cinema 1978–1985\, the retrospective comprises four films\, all recently restored works\, themed around labor and workers’ rights. \nThree of the films are documentaries\, collaboratively made works of non-fiction\, originally shot on 16mm and being presented at THFF25 in beautiful digital restorations. While they were made independently of each other\, the films all share a concern for the rights of laboring people\, within the context of often exploitative\, neocolonial hegemonic power structures. They also reflect the often creative ways in which working people organize to agitate for their rights and for better employment and working conditions. \nThe final film that rounds out the retrospective is the recent restoration of West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (1979)\, directed by the late Mauritanian French filmmaker Med Hondo. \nThis screening is supported by: Dutch Culture USA at the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands\, The Netherland-America Foundation & The Miami Workers Center \n         \n\n\nSWEET SUGAR RAGE \nBy Honor Ford-Smith\, Harclyde Walcott | 56 mins | 1985 | Jamaica \nMAY 30\, 5:15PM – Purchase Ticket \nIn the documentary Sweet Sugar Rage\, being presented at THFF25 in a new\, extended restoration\, Sistren Collective\, a popular Jamaican women’s troupe\, uses improvisation and theater as consciousness-raising tools for both rural and urban audiences. Their performances speak directly to the daily experiences of women—the least empowered workers\, who labor long hours for low wages with no benefits or rights to organize for better conditions. Using role-play and interviews with female cane workers\, the collective develops dramatizations which analyze social issues and pinpoint their concerns. \nOEMA FOE SRANAN (WOMEN OF SURINAME) \nBy At van Praag\, Nadia Tilon & Luna Hupperetz | 56 mins | 1978 | Suriname\, The Netherlands \nMAY 30\, 5:15PM – Purchase Ticket \nOema Foe Sranan (Women of Suriname) portrays the lives of four women\, who relate the history of Dutch (neo)colonialism in Suriname and racism and being disenfranchised in the Netherlands using personal stories. The film was produced by Cineclub Vrijheidsfilms in cooperation with LOSON (the Dutch national organisation for Surinamese people)\, in the framework of political struggle\, as a sign of solidarity between Surinamese and Dutch people\, who transfer a collective message about the socio-political situation in Suriname and the Surinamese community in the 1970s. The film centers on the hope for a better future\, and liberation from foreign influence.
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/you-dont-get-freedom-you-take-freedom-caribbean-activist-cinema-1978-1985/
LOCATION:Koubek Center\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250505T195806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T195806Z
UID:6557-1748637000-1748637000@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:KOUTÉ VWA (LISTEN TO THE VOICES)
DESCRIPTION:By: Maxime Jean-Baptiste \n\n\n\n\n\nCountry: French Guiana\, Belgium\, France\nLanguage: French Guianese Creole\, French w/English Subs\nDuration: 76 mins\nYear: 2024\nGenre: Hybrid\n\nMelrick\, a 13-year-old boy\, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother Nicole in Cayenne\, French Guiana. His presence and his desire to learn how to play the drum brings back the specter of Lucas\, Nicole’s son\, also a drummer\, who died in tragic conditions 11 years earlier. Faced with the grief that haunts his family and Lucas’s best friend’s desire for revenge\, Melrick seeks his own path to forgiveness. \nA Q+A with Audrey Jean-Baptiste\, co-writer of Kouté vwa\, will follow the screening.
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/koute-vwa-listen-to-the-voices/
LOCATION:Koubek Center\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T100000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250505T200859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T202654Z
UID:6561-1748685600-1748685600@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:SHORTS BLOCK: WHY DOES THE AIR TREMBLE?
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\n\n\n\n\nFilmmaking as process is at the heart of these five films\, memorably imaginative attempts at working through a variety of themes\, and towards new ways of understanding. \nA Q&A with filmmakers whose work appears in this program will follow the screening. \n\n\nNOBODY’S WORD \nBy Camara Taylor | 13 mins | 2025 | Barbados\, Jamaica\, UK \nA family convenes exactly 500 years after Charles V grants permission to Lorenzo de Gorrevod “to import 4000 Africans into New Spain.” The King’s act marks the escalation of a rupture\, with its origins in 1492\, that remakes the world and reverberates into the present. This apparent “start of slavery” becomes an occasion to tell the story of one family’s implication across time and space. In nobody’s word\, the family archive is digitised and disintegrated  in order to reframe accounts\, destabilise claims\, and inhabit spaces between fact and fiction\, questioning the narrative impulses that inform the stories we tell. \nLOS CONJURADOS \nBy  Humberto Gonzalez Bustillo | 9 mins | 2025 | Venezuela \nA lone cyberflâneur stumbles upon a hidden corner of Google Maps\, a forgotten place unfolding in the static. Shadows pace aimlessly\, paths dissolve into nowhere\, and figures flicker in and out of existence—fragments of untold stories. A shattered\, distorted voice lingers\, unrelenting\, signaling borders and exile\, both imagined and imposed. Still\, the search goes on\, endless. \nLA SELVA OSCURA (DARK FOREST) \nBy  Lucía Malandro and Daniel Saucedo | 15 mins | 2024 | Cuba\, Spain \nLa selva oscura is a record of a long journey connecting two funeral rituals in Cuba: the state burial honoring those who fell in the Angola war and a spiritist ceremony welcoming spirits of the past back into the world of the living. These events\, captured by Cuban amateur documentaries filmed in 1987\, intertwine to form the core of this film\, whose central reflections revolve around loss and oblivion. \nNADA FUERA DE LA ISLA: PUENTES (NOTHING OUT OF THE ISLAND: BRIDGES) \nBy  Dalissa Montes de Oca | 16 mins | 2024 | Dominican Republic \nFragmented memories and visions find a home in light and shadows\, bridging the gap between the past\, the present\, and the loss of a mother. \nPURO ANDAR \nBy  Luciana Decker Orozco | 13 mins | 2025 | Bolivia \nA journey to the underworld begins within our own entrails\, shaped by the flesh we consume and the softened crumbs moistened by the saliva of mothers. This film explores the becoming of different times\, from the intimate rhythm of digestion to the vast expanse of geological eras: stalagmites formed over millennia\, fossilized dinosaur tracks\, and the echoes of primordial movements\, akin to growling. The film is inspired by the chapter “Puro Andar” from El Pez de Oro by Gamaliel Churata\, which states that “we all carry the dead alive; that the dead live.”
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/shorts-block-why-does-the-air-tremble/
LOCATION:Koubek Center\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250505T201314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T201314Z
UID:6569-1748692800-1748692800@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:TRUE CHRONICLE OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE LAST CENTURY\, WHEN DR FRANTZ FANON WAS HEAD OF THE FIFTH WARD BETWEEN 1953 AND 1956
DESCRIPTION:By: Abdenour Zahzah \n\n\n\n\n\nCountry: Algeria\, France\nLanguage: Arabic\, French w/English Subs\nDuration: 90 mins\nYear: 2024\nGenre: Fiction\n\n\n\nSYNOPSIS\n\n\n\n\n1953\, colonized Algeria. Frantz Fanon\, a young black psychiatrist from Martinique\, is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. As he puts his theories of “institutional psychotherapy” into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algiers School of Psychiatry\, a war breaks out on his own wards. \nA Q+A with Abdenour Zahzah will follow the screening.
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/true-chronicle-of-the-blida-joinville-psychiatric-hospital-in-the-last-century-when-dr-frantz-fanon-was-head-of-the-fifth-ward-between-1953-and-1956/
LOCATION:Koubek Center\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T141500
DTSTAMP:20260405T162448
CREATED:20250506T182117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T182118Z
UID:6582-1748700900-1748700900@koubekcenter.org
SUMMARY:SCREENING THE STRUGGLE: CARIBBEAN ACTIVIST CINEMA REGAINED
DESCRIPTION:This panel explores Caribbean heritage cinema as a tool for resistance\, community action\, and historical documentation. Centered on the films in the THFF25 retrospective You Don’t Get Freedom\, You Take Freedom: Caribbean Activist Cinema 1978–1985\, this discussion will examine the socio-political landscapes that shaped these films\, the often collective filmmaking practices behind them\, and seek to situate the films within the current moment. \nThrough the perspectives of filmmakers\, activists\, and researchers involved in the making and restoration of the films—namely\, Women of Suriname (1978)\, Bitter Cane (1983)\, Sweet Sugar Rage (1985)\, and West Indies (1979)—we will investigate the material conditions of Caribbean working people\, past and present\, and the ways these films engaged with themes of (neo) colonialism\, capitalism\, immigration\, and collective struggle. Additionally\, panelists will explore the challenges of film restoration\, the question of preserving politically radical works\, and what it means to reclaim this history for contemporary movements. \nThis program is supported by: Dutch Culture USA at the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and The Netherland-America Foundation 
URL:https://koubekcenter.org/event/screening-the-struggle-caribbean-activist-cinema-regained/
LOCATION:Koubek Center\, 2705 SW 3rd Street\, Miami\, FL\, 33135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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