{"id":212393,"date":"2020-01-16T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=212393"},"modified":"2020-01-16T15:00:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T20:00:42","slug":"blanca-rosa-blanco-to-make-documentary-about-emigration-between-the-canary-islands-and-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/cinema\/blanca-rosa-blanco-to-make-documentary-about-emigration-between-the-canary-islands-and-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Blanca Rosa Blanco to make documentary about emigration between the Canary Islands and Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban actress and filmmaker Blanca Rosa Blanco will make a documentary about the emigration of the islanders who went to live in Cuba from La Palma, in the Canary Islands, Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a very important, family link with the Canary Islands. Most of the people who emigrated to Cuba are still there, and in Cuba it is not known that there is a day that is dedicated completely to them, to the islanders,\u201d said Blanco, quoted by the <\/span>Diario de La Palma<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, the filmmaker wants to use that festivity in her documentary as a pretext to make a tour of the shared culture, heritage and emotions, and that this be known in both countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cuban actress and filmmaker said this during a recent visit to the Canary Islands to meet with representatives of La Palma Film Commission, in a meeting in which producer Carlos de la Huerta, from the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC), also participated.<\/span><\/p>\n

The documentary, which will be produced by ICAIC, will be based on the way of thinking, culture and being of the Canarian emigrants who stayed in Cuba, according to a statement from the La Palma Town Council.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her aim is to collect the \u201chistorical memory, the personal memory of some of those who are here. We also want to talk about that painful part that is the loss in an emigration. We want to make an in-depth research into the essence of emigration,\u201d explained the Cuban filmmaker, who after 25 years working as an actress, was a surprise by playing the roles of director and screenwriter in the movie <\/span>El regreso<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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