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Sergio giral is a renowned black cuban american film writer and director born in havana cuba from an american mother and a cuban father.

Glass roof sergio giral. Sergio giral born 2 january 1937 is a cuban american film writer and director. Susana perez miguel gutierrez samuel claxton eduardo macias jorge villazon ana vina salvador wood roberto perdomo miriam socarras mercedes planas andres hernandez idelfonso tamayo. Sergio giral born 2 january 1937 is a cuban american film writer and director. A giant of cuban cinema 2 7 2015 bfi.

Sergio giral s film trilogy is a hard hitting dramatization of the role of slavery in the colonial era and its legacy in cuban and caribbean societies. He was raised in new york city as an aspiring young painter in the days of the beatnik generation. He was raised in new york city as an aspiring young painter in the days of the beatnik generation. Sergio giral was born in havana in 1937.

Born in havana in 1937 giral began his professional life as a painter in new york city. Barely surviving in the us he returned in 1959 at the age of 22 to witness the cuban revolution the castro led overthrow of batista s government before becoming involved at the behest of. He began working for the newly founded icaic the cuban institute of film art and industry in 1961 where he went on to make a number of short films and documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s. Glass roof glass ceiling.

Sergio giral nicknamed the dean of afro cuban cinema is an afro cuban filmmaker and scriptwriter who has spent most of his thirty year career to documenting afro cuban and caribbean history and culture. Sergio giral born 2 january 1937 havana cuba is a cuban american filmmaker. A contemporary cuban film about a woman lawyer who fights against government corruption. Giral has dedicated his cinematic work to promote a better understanding of afro cuban and afro caribbean history and culture.

In 1962 oscar winning cinematographer nestor almendros invited giral to work together at the icaic the cuban film institute. He left cuba for the united states of america in 1991. Filmography dos veces ana 2008 al barbaro del ritmo. He spent his teenage years in the unites states and returned to cuba at the time of the revolution in 1959.

In 1962 oscar winning cinematographer nestor almendros invited giral to work together at the icaic the cuban film institute. With samuel claxton miguel gutiérrez jorge losada roberto perdomo. He currently lives in miami and his most recent films have featured little havana.