Jericho-S.F.
Bay Area was honored to help organize the Northern California Premiere of
Cuban writer/director Gloria Rolando's new film Raíces de mi corazón
(Roots of My Heart)
with
Eyes of the Rainbow (on Assata Shakur)
Sunday May 6, 2000
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 Members of the Afro-Cuban political party "Independents of Color" -- 1912 photo from the film Raíces de mi corazón. |
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(photos courtesy Afrocubaweb.com) |
 Assata in Eyes of the Rainbow |
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Gloria Rolando is an internationally acclaimed film-maker whose career spans over 20 years at the ICAIC, the Cuban national film institute. She now heads the independent film-making group, Imágenes del Caribe, based in Havana. Gloria has directed numerous other documentaries that focus on the African cultures and struggles of Cuban and the Diaspora, including Eyes of the Rainbow, Oggun: An Eternal Presence, My Footsteps in Baragua, and El Alacrán. For more on Gloria Rolando, her films, and the history they represent, see Afrocubaweb's Gloria Rolando and Assata Shakur pages.
For more information:
Bay Area Jericho Movement
(510) 433-0115
P.O. Box 3585
Oakland, CA 94609
E-mail: JerichoSFBay@lycos.com
Caribelinq
(510) 239-2239 ext. 1839
Oakland, CA 94609
E-mail: Caribelinq@onebox.com
Special thanks to Koncepts Cultural Gallery, G-Life Culture, and New Venture Travel. Congas provided by SOL Drums and Percussion.
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