Stand by · pulling the latest frames
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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.
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Por primera vez - Octavio Cortazar (Cuba, ICAIC, 1967)
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