WASHINGTON, DC, 19 September 2012 — Cuban filmmakers visiting American University (AU) sit in on my Backpack Documentary class late Wednesday. Maria Elisa Perez (in foreground with orange sweater) and Duniesky Canton Fernandez (opposite on left) screened their film, “Solar del 11,” about a public housing unit in Havana, Cuba. The film addresses one of […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 19 September 2012 — Cuban video journalists Maria Elisa Perez and Duniesky Canton Fernandez take some time off from presenting their latest film to tour the nation’s capital, including the Mall and the Washington Monument. Winners of a documentary competition sponsored by American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS) the […]
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, 18 September 2012 — Cuban video journalists Duniesky Canton Fernandez and Maria Elisa Perez address a group of Latin American specialists at the University of Maryland. Winners of a documentary competition sponsored by American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS) the Cubans are visiting the United States for the […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 9 September 2012 — While in Cuba with AU Abroad students last week, I spent some time at Casa de las Americas going over the basics of my “Photojournalism and Social Documentary” course, to be taught by Cuban instructor Carlos Ernesto Escalona Marti. Casa de las Americas is Cuba’s premier cultural institute, renowned […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 10 September 2012 — During my recent visit to Havana, I went over some of the basic functions of the Sony Alpha 77 DSLR cameras. The new, hi-tech gear was loaned to American University’s School of Communication (SOC) largely because of our Backpack Journalism Project, which I launched two years ago. I visited […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 9 September 2012 — I meet with AU Abroad students at their hotel in Havana, Cuba, during the first days of their semester in Cuba, which began 5 September. On the far right is Carlos Ernesto Escalona Marti, who is teaching my “Photojournalism and Social Documentary” course this semester. I’m in the green […]