Instruction
Option "A"
How does Daniel Díaz Torres's film, Alice in Wondertown—through its portrayal of different characters, mise-en-scene, shot selection, editing, scoring, and use of voice-over, etc.—characterize Cuba during the "Special Period?" How does satire inform this characterization? What does this film say about the successes or failures of the Cuban Revolution?
Option "B"
How does Julian Schnabel's film, Before Night Falls—through its portrayal of different characters, mise-en-scene, shot selection, editing, scoring, and use of voice-over, etc.—characterize life in Cuba for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community under Castro? How does that treatment of LGBT Cubans square with the goals of the Cuban Revolution or with Che Guevara's "New Socialist Man"?
Using the texts we have read in this course only (NO OUTSIDE SOURCES), write a 4-6-page critical analysis in which you pose, support and defend a thesis that answers the questions in the prompt above. Remember to provide historical details to contextualize your arguments--those details can be found in texts in The Cuba Reader and Clifford Staten's History of Cuba.