For the First Time

Original title: Por primera vez
Duration: 9 min
Release date: 1969-11-20
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In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the first time. Cortazar’s short film documents one audience’s response to its first film: Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.

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Por primera vez

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