An interdisciplinary panel (journalism, literature, art, and cinema) on the cultural boom spawned by the 1980 Mariel exodus forty years ago, which included many artists and writers of renown. Given its commemorative nature, the works and creative output of the most prominent representatives of the different genres will be highlighted. The panel will include: Mirta Ojito (journalist), Gustavo Valdés (art historian and independent curator), Miguel Correa (writer), Iván Acosta (filmmaker and playwright). The panelists will be introduced by Perla Rozencvaig, Director of the CCCNY Cinema Program.
[Image above: Jesús Selgas, Escape from Red Paradise, 1985, oil on canvas . 68 x 72 in. Courtesy of Gustavo Valdés]
DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE HELD
BEFORE A LIVE AUDIENCE.
INSTEAD, IT WILL BE STREAMED THROUGH OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK ON TUESDAY, APRIL 28, AT 6:30 PM:
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This multidisciplinary event is part of the CreateNYC Language Access program, and it will be held in Spanish. A link to a dubbed English version will also be available.
INSTITUTO CERVANTES
211 East 49th Street, bet. 2nd & 3rd Aves., NYC
FREE ADMISSION for CCCNY and IC Members
RSVP at: info@cubanculturalcenter.org
Mirta Ojito is a Cuban-born author and journalist. She has written two nonfiction books, Finding Mañana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus, a book about her journey to the U.S. as a teenager in the Mariel boatlift, and Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town.” She was part of a group of New York Times reporters who shared the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2001 for a series of articles about race in America. More recently, she was a member of the Telemundo team that won an Emmy for the coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to the Americas.
Gustavo Valdés is an art historian and independent
curator who lives and works in the New York
metropolitan area. He has published El color de
la palabra: entrevistas a 32 artistas cubanos
(The Color of Words: 32 Cuban Artists Interviewed),
and co-edited the monograph, Hugo Consuegra.
He is co-producer of Un pintor, un cuadro
(A painter, a painting) a series of short
films that profile distinguished
Cuban artists in exile.
Miguel Correa was born in Las Villas, Cuba en 1956. He studied Russian language and literature at the University of Havana, and has Ph.D. in Hispanic American Literature from the City University of New York (CUNY). He left Cuba in 1980 as part of the Mariel exodus. Correa has taught Hispanic American literature and culture at Hostos College and other universities in the Northeast region of the U.S. He is the author of a play, La entrevista (1984), and two novels, Al norte del infierno (1984) and Furia del discurso humano (2009). He was a regular contributor to the literary journal Mariel.
Iván Acosta is a filmmaker and playwright.
He is the author of 15 plays, among them
the now legendary El Super, which opened
at the Cuban Cultural Center of New York on
November 5, 1978, and which is part of the curriculum
of more than 40 universities. Acosta has produced
and directed several documentaries, shorts, and feature
films. His film Amigos is the only feature film on the topic
of Mariel produced by an exiled Cuban filmmaker. He is
presently on a promotional tour of his latest publication,
With a Cuban Song in My Heart. Critically acclaimed, the book
is a heartrending compilation of personal anecdotes told
through the historical prism of Cuban popular music, and
enhanced by a CD of classical hits selected by the author.
This event is co-sponsored by Instituto Cervantes
And is supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
