PUTNEY DEBATER
A personal blog
Reflections on Cuban Cinema
Reflections on Cuban cinema, in answer to questions from the Havana Glasgow Film Festival, ahead of this year’s festival which opens on November 10th with ‘Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes’.
https://hgfilmfest.com/2020/10/19/extraordinary-cuba-an-interview-with-michael-chanan/
On packing up my library
Walter Benjamin wrote his delightful talk ‘Unpacking my library’ when he recovered his books after two years in storage. I turn to re-read it as I prepare to pack up my own far less impressive library in readiness to move house. The reason for the move is that I’ve given up my job as a part-time professor, and the reason for that arises from the calamity of coronavirus, not directly on myself but on the university. Read more
“Some compare what’s coming with a category 5 hurricane.”
Jean Stubbs writes about virtual screenings of ‘Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes’ during the pandemic. Read it here:
www.livingbetweenhurricanes.org/reflections-on-screening-the-documentary-during-covid-19/