Glass Roof Sergio Giral

He currently lives in miami and his most recent films have featured little havana.

Glass roof sergio giral.

Glass roof techo de vidrio icaic cuba 1982 maluala icaic cuba 1980. He began working for the newly founded icaic the cuban institute of film art and industry in 1961 where he went on to make a number of short films and documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s. Sergio giral born 2 january 1937 is a cuban american film writer and director. He spent his teenage years in the unites states and returned to cuba at the time of the revolution in 1959.

Giral has dedicated his cinematic work to promote a better understanding of afro cuban and afro caribbean history and culture. Barely surviving in the us he returned in 1959 at the age of 22 to witness the cuban revolution the castro led overthrow of batista s government before becoming involved at the behest of. He was raised in new york city as an aspiring young painter in the days of the beatnik generation. Sergio giral is a renowned black cuban american film writer and director born in havana cuba from an american mother and a cuban father.

Born in havana in 1937 giral began his professional life as a painter in new york city. In 1962 oscar winning cinematographer nestor almendros invited giral to work together at the icaic the cuban film institute. Sergio giral was born in havana in 1937. A giant of cuban cinema 2 7 2015 bfi.

In 1962 oscar winning cinematographer nestor almendros invited giral to work together at the icaic the cuban film institute. Filmography dos veces ana 2008 al barbaro del ritmo. Sergio giral born 2 january 1937 is a cuban american film writer and director. Glass roof glass ceiling.

He was raised in new york city as an aspiring young painter in the days of the beatnick generation. He was raised in new york city as an aspiring young painter in the days of the beatnik generation. With samuel claxton miguel gutiérrez jorge losada roberto perdomo. Directed by sergio giral.

He left cuba for the united states of america in 1991. A contemporary cuban film about a woman lawyer who fights against government corruption. Sergio giral nicknamed the dean of afro cuban cinema is an afro cuban filmmaker and scriptwriter who has spent most of his thirty year career to documenting afro cuban and caribbean history and culture.