''For the First Time'' ( es, Por Primera Vez) is a 1967
Cuba
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documentary short film
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. It chronicles the events of April 12, 1967 in the village of Los Munos, in the
Baracoa municipality of Cuba, where a mobile cinema truck shows the villagers moving pictures for the first time.
Overview
The entire film was shot on April 12, 1967 in the village itself, and shows the cinema truck traveling to the village, as well as interviews with both the projectionists and several villagers. The film shown was the
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feature, ''
Modern Times'', on a portable
16 mm
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projector in the back of the truck. As it happened, the film screening was well received.
The film was made available in recent years for an international audience with it being included as a special feature in a
MK2 DVD release of ''Modern Times'', distributed by
Warner Brothers
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, as well as on the
Criterion Collection
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release.
Cast
See also
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List of Cuban films
This is an incomplete list of films produced in Cuba in chronological order. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia see :Cuban films.
1890s
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References
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1967 films
1967 documentary films
1967 short films
1960s Spanish-language films
Cuban documentary films
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