De Cierta Manera (One Way or Another)

Director: Sara Gómez

1974 / 73min / DCP

After learning the ropes of filmmaking as an assistant to Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Memories of Underdevelopment, 1968), multidisciplinary artist Gómez produced this, her first and only feature, released after her tragic death in 1974. Set against the backdrop of the Sovietization of the Cuban economy, referred to as the quinquenio gris (Five Gray Years), Gómez’s film tells the story of a female teacher who struggles to educate slum children from different backgrounds while also confronting the arrogant machismo of her factory worker lover, who rankles at her independence. A film of documentary immediacy shot on handheld 16mm, De cierta manera explores issues of class, race, and gender-based inequality in a post-revolutionary Cuba still attempting to shed the legacy of its colonial past.

Presented in collaboration with the Latin American Film Center, sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Followed by post-screening conversation with documentary filmmaker Sisa Bueno, performer Yesenia Selier and moderated by Director of NYU's MIAP program Juana Suarez.