Directed by Sara Gómez • 1977 • Cuba
Starring Yolanda Cuéllar, Mario Balmaseda, Mario Limonta

The only feature from the radical Afro-Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez—who also worked as an assistant director with Agnès Varda and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea before her untimely death at age thirty-one—is an ext...

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1964 • Cuba

A joyous portrait of the Cuban port city of Santiago de Cuba offers a vivid snapshot of everyday Afro-Cuban life.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1965 • Cuba

Sara Gómez looks at the changes wrought by the Cuban revolution through its impact on tobacco production.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1966 • Cuba

Director Sara Gómez journeys back to her hometown of Guanabacoa to explore her family history in this deeply personal look at the experiences of a Black, middle-class family in Cuba both before and after the revolution.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1967 • Cuba

Legendary rumba musician Alberto Zayas serves as a guide for this vibrant journey through Cuban musical history and culture.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1968 • Cuba

One of three films Sara Gómez made about Cuba’s Isla de la Juventud (then known as Isla de Pinos) features interviews with the island’s inhabitants, capturing their thoughts on a wide range of social issues.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1968 • Cuba

Part of a trilogy of short films Sara Gómez made about about Cuba’s Isla de Pinos (now known as Isla de la Juventud), this documentary follows a poor, at-risk young man named Miguel who is sent there from Havana as part of a government reeducation program.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1969 • Cuba

This portrait of Cuba’s storied Isla de la Juventud (then known as Isla de Pinos)—the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island” and the site of Fidel Castro’s imprisonment by Batista—examines its rich history and culture.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1970 • Cuba

A local election in a town of sugar mill workers offers a look at political organizing on a grassroots level.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1971 • Cuba

This short documentary examines the role of Cuba’s Traffic Department in solving issues of city planning.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1971 • Cuba

Director Sara Gómez offers a look at everyday life in the bateyes—the worker’s settlements surrounding sugarcane mills—told from the perspective of the inhabitants.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1972 • Cuba

As in her feature ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, Sara Gómez examines the role of women in postrevolutionary Cuba, offering a trenchant critique of a society in which—despite utopian promises—gender inequality persists.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1972 • Cuba

This short documentary spotlights the importance of postnatal childcare and assistance for new mothers.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1972 • Cuba

Informed by director Sara Gómez’s own experiences with childbirth and motherhood, this short documentary offers guidance to pregnant women.

Directed by Sara Gómez • 1973 • Cuba

Cuban textile workers offer their thoughts on the policy of unpaid overtime and volunteer work.