11/02/2026
Los Angeles Filmforum presents a three-part screening retrospective on the documentary works of Sara Gómez, recently restored by the Vulnerable Media Lab in Canada. Beginning with a matinee featuring 6 short films — on 11/15 at 1pm at 2220 Arts + Archives !
Program 1 will be an introduction to her history and her relationship to ICAIC (the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry), while Screenings 2 and 3 will be followed by facilitated group discussions with the audience.
Guests before the screening include an introduction from Susan Lord, the co-editor of the 2022 book The Cinema of Sara Gomez: Reframing a Revolution and one of the key figures in the restoration of the films, and a short presentation by National Network On Cuba organizers from the Harriet Tubman Center that will connect the films with current efforts aiding Cuba’s current embargo crisis. Curated by Jorge Ravelo.
Gómez was a pioneering Afro-Cuban filmmaker of the revolutionary era from 1962-1974 who, in her tragically short lifetime, created confrontational and educational shorts concerning childcare, racism, labor, music history, and geography, leading up to her seminal docu-fiction feature De cierta manera.
The Criterion Collection will soon be releasing an Eclipse Box of the her films, and we are grateful to Janus Films for making the films available to us for this preview screening.
