Por Primera Vez (For The First Time)

This nice little documentary is about how the people of Los Munos (in the Baracoa municipality of Cuba) watched a movie for the first time.

It’s quite something to see their faces light up over Charlie Chaplin’s antics onscreen.

Directed by Octavio Cortázar

Por Primera Vez is a Spanish-language documentary about how the people of Los Munos, Cuba watched a movie for the first time. With English subtitles.

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