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CUBA IN THE WORLD PRGR PART2 The Mali-Cuba connection (African Diaspora FF)

81 min
  • DIRECTOR: Edouard Salier and Richard Minier

SHOWTIMES 04/25/2024 (change date):

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In the midst of the Cold War, ten young promising musicians from Mali are sent to Cuba to study music and strengthen cultural links between the two socialist countries. Combining Malian and Afro-Cuban influences, they develop a revolutionary new sound and become the iconic ensemble ‘Las Maravillas de Mali’. New Year’s Eve 2000. Richard Minier, a French music producer meets a former member of the band in Bamako and decides to bring the band back together.

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QUESTIONABLE REFERENCE TO CUBA AS A "SOCIALIST " COUNTRY

November 28, 2022
HAVEN'T SEEN THIS FILM YET, BUT I HAVE TO TAKE ISSUE WITH YOUR DESCRIPTION OF THE WORD "SOCIALIST" TO DESCRIBE THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT . THE REAL SOCIALIST GOVERNMENTS ARE IN CANADA AND SCANDINAVIA WHEREAS CUBA HAS BEEN RULED BY CORRUPT MARXIST DICTATORS SINCE THE OVERTHROW OF BATISTA. REAL SOCIALIST GOVERNMENTS DON'T PREVENT PEOPLE FROM PRACTICING THER RELIGION OR PUT PEOPLE WITH AIDS INTO PRISON CAMPS. THE CASTRO BROTHERS DID BOTH. THEY ALSO GAVE SANCTUARY TO A NOTORIOUS POLICE ASSASSIN NAMED JOANNE CHESIMARD- WHICH IS JUST AS BAD AS GIVING SANCTUARY TO WHITE SUPREMACIST ASSASSINS LIKE JAMES EARL RAY AND BYRON DE LA BECKWITH. CHESIMARD, RAY, AND DE LA BECKWITH ALL HAD ONE THING IN COMMON: THEY WERE ALL PIECES OF EXCREMENT.