Bongó Itá

(Bongó Itá)

Mayckell Pedrero Mariol / Cuba / 2022 / 72 min
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  • La Habana Film Festival

  • World Cinema Amsterdam

  • Havana Film Festival in NY

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Spanish with English subtitles

Bongó Itá offers a rare close-up of the Abakuá, an Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood historically hidden from outsiders. For over 200 years, the Abakuá community has symbolized resilience, surviving slavery, Spanish rule, and the Revolution, despite persistent prejudice and misunderstandings surrounding their traditions and rituals.

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“The result of an acute and documented research, immediately palpable in the argumentative chain that governs the plot, this film has the merit of being one of the few filmic materials devoted to this brotherhood/religion.” – Ángel Pérez, Rialta

About the Director
Born in Cuba in 1975, Mayckell Pedrero Mariol graduated in Cinematography from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana. He began his career at the ICAIC Animation Studios, the Cuban Film Institute’s esteemed animation production lab, where he contributed to over 80 films and music clips. His second film, Revolution, a bold music documentary about the Cuban underground hip-hop group Los Aldeanos, premiered at IDFA and won five awards, including the Grand Prize, at the 9th Festival of Young Filmmakers in Havana.
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