2014 Volume 15 Number 2
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Item Redefining Cuban Film and the Imagined Community: A Close-up on Nuevo realizador Aram Vidal(Latin American Studies Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2014-12-31) Farrell, Michelle LeighWith the introduction of inexpensive and digital filmmaking alternatives a young generation of Cuban filmmakers is creating a distance from the centralized state ICAIC using non-theatrical distribution, and digital technology to change the audiovisual landscape. I explore how young filmmaker Aram Vidal has added another dimension to this generation creating critical films on Cuban identity and its diaspora from within Cuba and abroad. I argue that through films like Vidal’s this generation is re-defining what Anderson calls Cuba’s imaginary community to include a more fluid definition of Cuban identity, while also challenging the definition of film and the audiovisual field.