{"id":198632,"date":"2019-05-12T16:55:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=198632"},"modified":"2019-05-12T16:55:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:55:40","slug":"cuba-crea-documents-the-inexhaustible-talent-the-island-exports-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/cinema\/cuba-crea-documents-the-inexhaustible-talent-the-island-exports-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"“Cuba crea” documents the “inexhaustible talent” the island exports to the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conceived as a tribute to the “inexhaustible talent” of a country “much larger than its own geography,” the documentary Cuba crea (Cuba creates) discovers the island from within, in the voice of a dozen of its most recognized artists, and takes flight with Iberia as part of the airline\u2019s Talent on board program.<\/span><\/p>\n

The film, which had its world premiere this Friday in Havana, opens as part of the celebrations for the 500 years of the Cuban capital and the 70th anniversary of the first flight to Cuba by Iberia, which plans to screen Cuba crea\u00a0on its airplanes starting summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We wanted to bring together in a single documentary an important selection of Cuban creators who have triumphed internationally, and still maintain a strong link with the island,” Spanish journalist Jorge Moreta, the film\u2019s scriptwriter, told EFE.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jorge Moreta, scriptwriter of the documentary “Cuba Crea,” during an interview with EFE this Friday, in Havana. Photo: Ernesto Mastrascusa\/EFE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Moreta, director Eduardo Margareto and producer Rafael Monje recognize they are “three Spaniards deeply in love with Cuba,” a sentiment they have wanted to transmit in the film about a country far from archetypes.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We wanted to pay a tribute, make a reflection and send a message. The reflection on how it is possible that a small Caribbean island has been larger than its geography thanks to the inexhaustible talent of its people and a message of hope, that Cuba can open itself to the world through the universal language of culture,” said Moreta.<\/span><\/p>\n

Filmed in two months, during three trips by its filmmakers to the island, Cuba crea brings together the essential names of the most important branches of Cuban arts and literature, which tell in the first person how it is to create and live in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n

Appearing on screen are such acclaimed names as Leonardo Padura, Jorge Perugorr\u00eda, Wendy Guerra, Eliades Ochoa, Carlos Acosta, Pedro Juan Guti\u00e9rrez, Marco Castillo and Roberto Fabelo, to emerging figures such as pianist Roberto Fonseca and singers Daym\u00e9 Arocena and Danay Su\u00e1rez.<\/span><\/p>\n