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<b><big><big>Cuban Filmmaker Gloria Rolando Tours the Bay Area <br>
November 2-8</big></big><br>
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Havana-based Afro-Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando will present her
newest documentary<br>
REEMBARQUE (59 minutes, in Spanish, Haitian Creole and French with
English subtitles) during her<br>
November Bay Area visit.<br>
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The peoples of African ancestry in Cuba have a complex history.
During the early part of the 20th century and before the Cuban
Revolution, Haitian migrant agricultural workers faced hardships
and discrimination while toiling in Cuba. Many were forcibly
deported when they were no longer needed. However they left behind
their rich spiritual practices, dynamic music and dance, as well
as their history of resistance. The voices of prominent historians
join the memories of Haitians and their descendants in Cuba to
understand a forgotten chapter in Caribbean history.<br>
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<b><b>Monday, November 3, 10 AM, Merritt College, 12500 Campus
Drive. Oakland. Merritt College Building R ,room 110, Huey P
Newton/Bobby Seale Student Lounge.<br>
Co-Sponsors: African American Studies Department and the Black
Student Union. <br>
NOTE: EYES OF THE RAINBOW on exiled Black liberation movement
activist, Assata Shakur<br>
will be screened at this venue instead of REEMBARQUE.<br>
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</b>Tuesday, November 4, 6 PM, San Francisco Public Library, 100
Larkin Street, Koret Auditorium. Free. Sponsored by the Museum of
the African Diaspora and the African American Center of the SFPL.
Co-sponsored by Cuba Caribe and Global Exchange. <br>
For more information, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.moadsf.org">www.moadsf.org</a><br>
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<b><b>Thursday, November 6, 9:30 AM City College of San
Francisco-Ocean Campus, 50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco.
Multiuse Building, Room 140. Co-sponsors: Library, Diversity
Coalition, Concert and Lecture Committee.<br>
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Thursday, November 6, 2:30 PM San Francisco State University,
1600 Holloway, Cesar Chavez Student Center, Richard Oakes
Multicultural Center.<br>
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</b>Friday, November 7, 6:30 PM, Eastside Arts Alliance, 2277
International Blvd., Oakland.<br>
$5-$15 sliding scale admission. Co-sponsored by the Haiti Action
Committee and the Black<br>
Student Union of Merritt College. For more information,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.eastsideartsalliance.com">www.eastsideartsalliance.com</a><br>
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415 863.9977
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