Return to Cuba: In the Footsteps of Walker Evans 2016
Distributed by Grasshopper Films, 12 East 32nd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Produced by Skip Klein
Directed by Ross McDermott
DVD, color, 52 min.
College - General Adult
Multiculturalism, Photography, Politics, Postcolonialism, Poverty, Storytelling
Date Entered: 07/27/2018
Reviewed by Brad Eden, Ph.D., Dean of Library Services, Valparaiso UniversityPhotographer Walker Evans documented and photographed the conditions of the Machado regime in Cuba in 1933, producing a unique body of work that was included in Carleton Beal's book The Crime of Cuba (1933, 1970) .Evans went on to fame with Depression-era pictures for the Farm Security Administration .Prior to the U.S.-Cuba reconciliation in 2014, five twenty-first century photographers decided to return to Cuba, in Evans' spirit, to document Cuba as it now exists .Each photographer brought their own unique style and techniques to their storytelling, which this film illustrates in wonderful pictures and documentation .Useful for classes in area studies, Cuban history, and the art of photography, this movie provides a number of angles and directions for use in high school and academia.