Suite Tortilla #59: The Celluloid Women
2024 · 16m · Music · Documentary · History
An American lesbian in Cuba explores gender through dance and film, blending personal experiences and cultural symbols with music and Revolutionary cinema and questions how lesbians fit into Cuban cinema.
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