
For the First Time
In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist 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.
- Year: 1969
- Country: Cuba
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Lombarda Industria Cinematografica, ICAIC
- Keyword: cuba, documentary filmmaking, secluded, remote village, first film, cinéma, film exhibition, rural cuba, roadshow, post-revolution cuba
- Director: Octavio Cortázar
- Cast: Octavio Cortázar