CSC North London CineCuba screening: AgroEcology in Cuba

London

Monday, 25 September 2023, 8:00pm

Cine Cuba and Sands Cinema Club present this 2017 documentary by directors Juan Pablo Lepore, Nicolas Van Caloen Agroecology in Cuba.

The Cuban Revolution was achieved in 1959. The victory of socialism on the island caused the United States to impose an economic blockade against Cuba. The Cubans were forced into a large degree of dependency on exchange with the USSR, mainly of Cuban sugar cane, for almost all basic resources. In 1989, as the USSR collapsed, Cuba was left without the support they had had for thirty years. This is when Cuban agroecology begins to develop in response to the food crisis. Within a global crisis context, this movement exports ancient and modern wisdom, positioning Cuba as a sustainable and ecological food production leader.

North London CSC is pleased to present an evening celebrating Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba. Cuba can be said to be the first country to adopt as an aim a fully post-industrial agriculture, ie one that is based in using scientific paradigms to achieve the best outcomes on a long-term sustainable basis. We'll have a presentation and a documentary film and there will be time for a Q&A.

Venue: Sands Films Cinema, Film preview theatre, 82 St Marychurch Street, London, SE16 4HZ

Free but donations welcome

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