Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Lam, Wifredo
2. Dutta, Kavery
3. Selver, Veronica
4. Lenzer, Don
5. Wartes, Burleigh
6. Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
7. Icarus Films, film distributor.
8. River Films, production company.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. First Look documents the first ever U.S. exhibit of post-revolutionary Cuba's art, introducing the work of Eduardo "Choca" Roca and Nelson Dominguez and several of their compatriots, as they visit San Francisco and New York, and meet such well known artists as James Rosenquist and Alice Neel. First Look provides a fascinating examination of a previously unseen dimension of Latin American culture, as well as a subtle exploration of the complex relationships between art and society.
2. Through interviews with Roca, Dominguez and other artists, including the late Wilfredo Lam, the film surveys the exciting diversity of contemporary Cuban art and presents a picture of lively experimentation and diverse efforts to define an authentic Cuban visual style.

Subject

1. Choco, 1949- > Exhibitions
2. Art, Cuban > 21st century
3. Art > Exhibitions
4. Exhibition catalogs
5. Domínguez, Nelson, 1947- > Exhibitions
6. Artists > Cuba
7. Documentary films

Genre/Form

1. Documentary films.
2. Exhibition catalogs.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-284

Note

1. Summary from videodisc container.
2. Source used: videodisc container.

Credits (note)

1. Producer, Kavery Dutta ; cinematographers, Don Lenzer, Burleigh Wartes ; River Films presents.

System details (note)

1. DVD-R ; NTSC; full frame (4:3 screen ratio); monaural.

Language (note)

1. Narration in English; dialogue in Spanish with English voiceover.

Title

1. First look / directed by Kavery Dutta and Veronic Selver.

Imprint

1. New York : Icarus Films, 2009.

Credits

1. Producer, Kavery Dutta ; cinematographers, Don Lenzer, Burleigh Wartes ; River Films presents.

Performer

1. Narrator: Harry Belafonte.

System details

1. DVD-R ; NTSC; full frame (4:3 screen ratio); monaural.

Language

1. Narration in English; dialogue in Spanish with English voiceover.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Lam, Wifredo, interviewee.
2. Dutta, Kavery, film director.
3. Selver, Veronica, film director.
4. Lenzer, Don, cinematographer.
5. Wartes, Burleigh, cinematographer.
6. Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023, narrator.
7. Icarus Films, film distributor.
8. River Films, production company.

Publisher no.

1. A9-26090 Icarus Films

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-284