Por primera vez (1969) — film poster, directed by Octavio Cortázar

Por primera vez

1969
9 min Cuba Short
Not currently streaming on CaSTV

Synopsis

In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a travelling projectionist troupe whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the first time. Cortazar’s short film documents one audience’s response to its first film: Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.