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  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • 1 h 15 m

Summary This documentary looks at the work and lives of twelve contemporary Cuban artists, living in Havana today. Through in-depth interviews, the film covers a diverse range of subjects and issues, from supply shortages and constant blackouts ('apagones') to family life, love, sex and music. Visiting each person in their home and studio, the f...

Directed By: Bruce Donnelly

  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • 1 h 15 m

Alumbrones

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Summary This documentary looks at the work and lives of twelve contemporary Cuban artists, living in Havana today. Through in-depth interviews, the film covers a diverse range of subjects and issues, from supply shortages and constant blackouts ('apagones') to family life, love, sex and music. Visiting each person in their home and studio, the f...

Directed By: Bruce Donnelly

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Sep 11, 2014
Its undiscriminating focus, accepting artists whose degree of talent varies widely, may not help it with audiences seeking a fine-art doc, but many viewers will appreciate that very quality, enjoying this modest effort's celebration of a bootstrappy creative community.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 11, 2014
Short and sweet and limited.
By Rachel Saltz FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 17, 2015
As the movie drifts from generalities about technique to vibrant scenery — evocatively photographed by Esteban Malpica — to the occasional, much-needed anecdote, the vagueness of his enterprise becomes increasingly apparent.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
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Sep 9, 2014
Alumbrones's creators talk up their work's restorative value, but never go into great detail about the world beyond their canvases. Donnelly's vague, circuitous questioning is to blame.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Production Company DKR Films, Lost Boy Productions
Release Date Sep 12, 2014
Duration 1 h 15 m
Rating Unrated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/alumbrones
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