Gloria Rolando: 2010 US Tour

Gloria Rolando is a filmmaker who has been up to the US on a number of occasions to give presentations about her work on AfroCuban culture at universities and community centers.

A Gloria Rolando tour is in the works for April of 2010. Below we have Gloria's suggestions for presentation topics - she has been intensively studying the Party of the Independents of Color and their Massacre in 1912.  She has recently made several trips to Oriente under difficult conditions in order to gather a rich set of materials for a series of documentaries around these topics, which have long been neglected in Cuban history.  She has been working with authors and historians, especially in Oriente where there are untapped reservoirs of knowledge about 1912, some of which are referenced on our 1912 Massacre page. It is one of Gloria's goals to raise the visibility of these researchers.

This documentary work follows her feature film Roots of My Heart, which deals with the theme of a young AfroCuban woman's discovery of her ancestors' participation in the events of 1912 and the death of her grandfather in the Massacre.

She has completed the first chapter in this series, "Stories of AfroCubans in the struggle for national independence." This deals with why the creation of the PIC was necessary and her crew is currently creating the English subtitles.

We will be updating this page with news of her tour.  Those interested can contact the tour management. 

Presentations for 2010 US Tour

The video group Images of the Caribbean proposes the following agenda: talking in pictures about the Party of the Independents of Color.

Two lectures, two presentations, two approaches to the issue of the Party of the Independents of Color in the context of the 100 years since the founding of the Party in1908 and the 100 years since the Massacre of 1912.

Presentation of 1) Roots of my Heart (feature film, 51 min) and 2) the first chapter in the documentary series on 1912 (Stories of AfroCubans in the struggle for national independence; why was  the creation of the PIC necessary?).

Both projects are led by Afro-Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando. The aim of these presentations is to bring students of the subject of the African Diaspora to not forget these events which are so significant among all stories of those of African descent. The PIC deserves to be remembered and studied,  the objectives of its social and political agenda assessed, and the errors analyzed.  We want to address the difficulties encountered by PIC members in the  Republic of Cuba during its rise and subsequent demise. In order to advance chapters 2 and 3 in a series of chapters, we are preparing them in English. The three chapters should be completed between May and July 2012, precisely in order to commemorate the 100 years since the Massacre of 1912.   -- Gloria Rolando

Rolando's work addresses the difficulties encountered by PIC members in the Republic of Cuba . In order to advance chapters 2 and 3 of the >series, we are preparing the series in English. The three chapters should be

Presentaciones para la Gira de 2010 en los EEUU

El grupo de video Imagenes del Caribe propone el siguiente programa : hablando en imagenes sobre el Partido de los Independientes de Color. 

Dos charlas, dos presentaciones, dos enfoques del tema del Partido de los Independientes de Color en el marco de los 100 anos de la fundacion del Partido (1908) y los 100 anos de la Masacre de 1912. 

Presentacion de las Raices de mi Corazon (ficcion, 51 min) y del primer capitulo del proyecto documental 1912 (Historias de la poblacion afrocubana en la lucha por la independencia nacional; por que fue necesaria la creacion del PIC?). 

Ambos proyectos dirigidos por la cineasta afrocubana Gloria Rolando. El objetivo de estas presentaciones es incorporar a los estudiosos del tema de la diaspora africana a no olvidar este capitulo tan significativo de las historias de los afrodescendientes. El PIC merece ser recordado, estudiado, valorar los objetivos de su programa politico y social, analizar los errores y abordar las dificultades que encontraron sus miembros en la Republica Cubana de los inicios del siglo XX. Para llevar adelantelos capitulos 2 y 3 de la serie, estamos preparando este ciclo de presentaciones en version al ingles . Los tres capitulos deben concluir entre mayo y julio del 2012, justamente al conmemorarse los 100 anos de la masacre de 1912.  -- Gloria Rolando