Cuba

"La Tropical," David Turnley's sinuous black-and-white documentary about an open-air dance club on the outskirts of Havana, places passion and rhythm before politics and history. Yet Mr. Turnley, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, uses his stunning monochromatic images to build sociological context for a place where working-class Cubans come to dance, drink and hook up.

One of the first documentaries of its kind, Not Because Fidel Castro Says So is candid look at the situation for Cuban sexual minorities. It examines the relationship of gays to the Cuban revolution and the Spanish Catholic Church as the root of current homophobic attitudes.

This is a Framline release.

Seres extravagantesis a documentary about the process of marginalization, repression and denial of the gay community during the first two decades of the Cuban Revolution, through the eyes and voice of Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas.

Okay, here's the situation. I was born in Havana. That makes me Cuban. But, I was raised in little Havana, which makes me Cuban-American. However, since I don't see Castro as the root of all evil in the universe, nor would I strangle him with my bare hands given the opportunity, I am a little out of step with my tribe. I always have been. And I really don't care. My dad, on the other hand, does care.