For the First Time
Modern Times
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9m 19s
In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the first time. Cortazar’s short film, presented here, documents one audience’s response to its first film: Chaplin’s MODERN TIMES.
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