Heritage

(Herencia)

Ana Hurtado / Spain / 2017 / 60 min
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  • Dominican Global Film Festival

  • International Documentary Film Festival Buenos Aires

  • Trieste Ibero-Latin American Film Festival

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Spanish with English subtitles

Havana is still alive. Its people are in the streets, squares, churches, parks, ballrooms, and schools. And it still conveys a legacy made of old laughter, African rhythms, and strong dyes. Music becomes the channel to transgress, to transcend, to reach different aspects of society and daily life.

A story of emotions where images talk for themselves and traditional time rules are bent, Heritage is a showcase of modern Cuban culture and the centuries of history that precede it.

The documentary exposes the miscegenation and transculturation present in Cuba. These two words sum it all up. Stories of lives, characters who while living their “Cubanness” carry at the same time a rich, ancient cultural heritage that comes from afar.

About the Director

Ana Hurtado was born in Úbeda (Jaén) and grew up in Seville, Spain. She graduated from the University of Seville, specialized in Cultural Journalism from the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona and she has a Masters in Film Production from EPAC and UVIC. She currently works at Mallerich Films on different academic and audiovisual projects. She has collaborated with cultural and musical publications.

Notes on Film

“Herencia is the result of my interest in Cuba, its people, its culture, and also of my determination to spread and illustrate its magic.

The purpose of this idea was to make a documentary that collects stories of Cuban men and women from different branches in Havana today. Exploring the African origins of Cuban culture and society gives a rich, special, and poetic cultural identity. Reaching through music to different aspects of today’s Cuba. Music is only the channel, the way, but in Herencia we talk about much more.

From an early age I have had a special interest in the idiosyncrasy and personality of a cultural system such as the Cuban one. It is this interest that, following a visit to Cuba in March of 2017 and after having met the UNEAC and having encountered different social realities, has made this idea mature into the decision to tell stories.

Ancient stories, of musicians, of the rumba, of religion, of dance, of people with names, of the the weight of the different African cultures that arrived with the arrival of the slaves who sowed the origin of today’s musical, social, and religious panorama. Rich and varied. That must be appreciated even far away from the Caribbean. Inheritance is miscegenation and transculturation.”

– Ana Hurtado

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