Hera Gallery

CUBAN FILM SERIES THURSDAYS AT 7:00PM May 30 :     The True Story of Che Guevara   Facilitated by Dr. Linda Crawford, Chair, Dept. of Modern Languages  Salve Regina University  shop.history.com "From his famous motorcycle trips to his historic role in the Cuban Revolution, Argentinean revolutionary Che Guevara is profiled in a documentary produced to explore the life of the man whose visage has become an iconic symbol of hard left politics." -http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-true-story-of-che-guevara/

CUBAN FILM SERIES THURSDAYS AT 7:00PM May 23 rd :     GALLERY TALK with curator, Iris Donnelly,  followed by Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?   Facilitated by Jose Torrealba, organizer for many years of the  RI Latin American Film Festival " Will the real terrorist please stand up?   chronicles half a century of hostile US-Cuba relations.  By telling the story of the case of the Cuban five, intelligence agents sent to penetrate Cuban exile terrorist groups in Miami and now serving long prison sentences, the film highlights decades of assassinations and sabotage at first backed by Washington and then ignored by the very government that launched a “war against terrorism.” In the film, viewers see leading terrorists, now in their 80s, recounting their deeds, and Cuban state security officials explaining why they infiltrated agents into violent Miami exile groups." -http://realterrorist.wordpress.com/

CUBAN FILM SERIES THURSDAYS AT 7:00PM May 16    Unfinished Spaces Facilitated by Dr. Olga Juzyn, Chair, Dept. of Modern Languages, Rhode Island College "' Cuba will count as having the most beautiful academy of arts in the world. ' —Fidel Castro (1961)   Ballet Garatti Cuba's ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro's Revolution, is neglected, nearly forgotten, then ultimately rediscovered as a visionary architectural masterpiece... Unfinished Spaces features intimate footage of Fidel Castro, showing his devotion to creating a worldwide showcase for art, and it also documents the struggle and passion of three revolutionary artists. Directed by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray 2011 / HD / Color / 16:9 (1.78:1) / 86 min / Stereo " For more information on the film visit: http://www.unfinishedspaces.c...