NYC Premiere of Provocative New Film
"Bahia de Cochinos, Nuestra perspectiva"
("Bay of Pigs, Our perspective")
The documentary film "Bahia de Cochinos, Nuestra perspectiva" will have it’s NYC Premiere Screening on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 6:30 PM at the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura, 541 West 145th Street, 2nd Floor, NYC, NY 10031. Free Admission. The Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura is undoubtedly the most active and important Hispanic cultural center in NYC.
"Bahia de Cochinos, Nuestra perspectiva" is a documentary film about the Bay of pigs as told through the eyes of Cuban Exiles who actually participated in the invasion. Now, many years later, they contemplate the happenings and share their individual satires and feelings with us. That story comes at a price, a price we ask them if they would be willing to pay again. When all is said and done, are these past invaders resentful? Do they cast any blame? Who lost most in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Featured in the film is testimony by members of the 2506 Brigade: Ángel Casabona Ruiz, Isidoro López González, Ricardo Montero Duque, Raúl Puig Sánchez, and Alvin Ross Diaz; as well as Sergio Gatria, director of the Cuban Information Center. Their stories are moving and shed light of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion. The film is bound to create some serious dialogue about what truly lies behind the events leading up to the invasion and the fallout thereafter.
"Bahia de Cochinos, Nuestra perspectiva" has been receiving special screenings at the Union City Museum of Art; Union City Performing Arts Center; Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center in Miami, Fl; Centro Cultural de las Telecomunicaciones in Santo Domingo, DR; Casa de Cultura in La Vega, DR; Casa de Cultura in Constanza, DR; and on Silver Star Television in Peru.
The film is directed by renowned Cuban director, Ricardo Bacallao and Lucio Fernandez; and produced by MeLu Films and The Grace Theatre Workshop, Inc.; Megan Fernandez, Executive Producer; Lucio Fernandez, Producer. The entire film crew was from Hudson County. The producers held a pre-release screening of the film in 2015 to get feedback before completing the project.
(Please note: this film is presented in Spanish, but informational materials in English will be handed out prior to the screening; and all discussions will be conducted in both English & Spanish.)
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