
Suite Tortilla #59: The Celluloid Women
Music · Documentary · History
Overview
An American lesbian in Cuba explores gender through dance and film, blending personal experiences and cultural symbols with music and Revolutionary cinema and questions how lesbians fit into Cuban cinema.
Top Cast
Eliseo Altunaga
Eliseo Altunaga
Self (Voice)
Eliseo Altunaga
Self (Voice)


Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Self (Voice)
Fidel Castro
Self (Voice)


Sergio Corrieri
Sergio Corrieri
Self (Voice)
Sergio Corrieri
Self (Voice)
Adriana Fernández Castellanos
Adriana Fernández Castellanos
Self (Voice)
Adriana Fernández Castellanos
Self (Voice)


Amiel Williams
Amiel Williams
Narrator / Self (Voice)
Amiel Williams
Narrator / Self (Voice)
Claudia Terry
Claudia Terry
Self (Voice)
Claudia Terry
Self (Voice)


Eslinda Núñez
Eslinda Núñez
Self
Eslinda Núñez
Self


Adela Legrá
Adela Legrá
Self
Adela Legrá
Self


Daisy Granados
Daisy Granados
Self
Daisy Granados
Self
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