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Arabian Coffee

1968 · 18 min

A quiet, observational short that drifts between instruction and irony, rewarding close attention with a subtle sense of dissent.

Directed by
Nicolás Guillén Landrián
Genres
Documentary
Overview
'Coffea arábiga' was sponsored as a propaganda documentary to show how to sow coffee around Havana. In fact, Guillén Landrián made a film critical of Castro, exhibited but banned as soon as the coffee plan collapsed.

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Directed by
Nicolás Guillén Landrián
Genres
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    • politics
    • work
    • class
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    Content intensity
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    • Language none
    • Violence none
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    Humour2
    Realism9
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    Darkness3
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Nicolás Guillén Landrián
    Written by
    Nicolás Guillén Landrián, Miguel de Zárraga
    Cinematography
    Lupercio López
    Runtime
    18 min
    Country
    Cuba
    Languages
    Spanish

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