why i stopped watching "viva [racismo en] cuba"

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i love watching films and especially independent or foreign films for various reasons, but one in particular is that i like that they break from the typical white supremacist, heteronormative, partriarchial trope that hollywood is in(famous) for.  however, after watching this film last night i realized that i prefer hollywood's omission of people of african descent from films over these depictions:

i expected to see this doll during this scene and of course it was carried around (in juxtaposition to a white barbie-esk doll) by the little girl for the duration of the film 

i had a feeling the film was about to get ugly with this man's forewarning...

more on the "guijes" below:

Los guijes y las tradiciones en Cuba (the guijes and cuban traditions)

watching this "cute" film with these disturbing stereotypes makes me not only want to watch "black in latin america, cuba: the next revolution" and "ethnic notions" again but to show these film to the director, the cast, and anyone whoever thought that this film was appropriate.

Attack The Block (movie)

i've yet to read the critiques on this film and i do have some of my own, but i've been excited to see this film for sometime now. i think it's pretty significant that this film was released when it was considering the recent rebellion in london and also that a mostly people of color cast has been so successful on the big screen. granted this is a uk production, this film did get some big-screen play in the u.s.--its just a wonder when a u.s. equivalent (not to be confused with a knock-off) will emerge?  my favorite line in the film, which is at the 50:40-51:00 minute mark where and when moses (the lead character) says, “you know what i reckon, yeah?  i reckon the feds sent them anyway.  government probably bred those creatures to kill black boys. first they sent drugs to the ends. then they sent guns. now then send monsters to get us. they don't care, man.  we ain't killing each other fast enough so they thought they decided to speed up the process. ”

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SUS Original Cinema Trailer

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i highly recommend watching this powerful film!

"El Truco del Manco" /"The One-Handed Trick" (movie)

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i highly recommend watching this film.  this film is pretty SOLID, it addresses racism, drug addiction/alcoholism, and gives good insight into one character's struggle with being differently abled.

John Rabe (movie)

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