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"Old Havana and the Great Pimp of San Isidro"
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About the Director:
Migdia Chinea is an autodidact American narrative filmmaker who studied at the graduate film school of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) - MFA in Film 2012. Her 2011 UCLA film "anonymous (street meat)" screened in the independent Directors' Fortnight at Cannes and has been selected at thirty-six festivals worldwide, including Saint Petersburg, Russia; her second film Kninth Floor has been shown at the Polish Film Festival; the New York Philip K. Dick Sci-fi Film Festival, Writers Guild of America, west (WGAW) and others. Migdia has won recognition for her emphasis on character-driven stories and her use of fragmented images, lights and shadows to present human rights thematics. As a WGA member, she was a delegate of the Sundance producers and screenwriters program tailored around co-production/distribution. Her new TV pilot film "Old Havana and the Great Pimp of San Isidro" is based on the life of a famous Cuban gigolo and examines mysticism and sensuality in 1910 Havana.
About the Producer:
<p>Migdia Chinea is an autodidact American narrative filmmaker who studied at the graduate film school of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) - MFA in Film 2012. Her 2011 UCLA film "anonymous (street meat)" screened in the independent Directors' Fortnight at Cannes and has been selected at thirty-six festivals worldwide, including Saint Petersburg, Russia; her second film Kninth Floor has been shown at the Polish Film Festival; the New York Philip K. Dick Sci-fi Film Festival, Writers Guild of America, west (WGAW) and others. Migdia has won recognition for her emphasis on character-driven stories and her use of fragmented images, lights and shadows to present human rights thematics. As a WGA member, she was a delegate of the Sundance producers and screenwriters program tailored around co-production/distribution. Her new TV pilot film "Old Havana and the Great Pimp of San Isidro" is based on the life of a famous Cuban gigolo and examines mysticism and sensuality in 1910 Havana.</p>
Film photographer:
Maks Naporowski (and Pawel Gula)
Film synopsis:
<p><strong>Written by </strong><strong>Migdia Chinea</strong></p>
<p><strong>Inspired by a real historical figure, this is the allegory of Yarini, a mysterious and powerful pimp who dominates Havana in 1910, a time when Halley’s Comet is passing through. When Yarini falls for the President’s wife, his childhood sweetheart, Manto, a mulatta who loves him, uses Afro-Cuban religion Santeria to get him back. But she is warned that she can’t call on the African saints to do harm because doing so can have bad consequences. When Manto’s plan backfires, she changes the course of events. </strong></p>
<p><strong>In 1910, Havana flourished as the new frontier for the European elite. Its harbor was “La Llave,” the key port of entry to the New World.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Drawn to its natural splendor, and unlimited resources, nobility, industrialists and people “with a past” come to its shores, seeking new opportunities or to reinvent themselves. The settlers, French, British and mostly Spanish colonialists imbued the city with all the creature comforts from their native homes.</strong></p>
<p><strong>But there was another element that set this world apart from theirs and that was the influx of Africans. Unlike North America, something different occurred in Havana. African culture with its wonderfully earth-bound rituals and unusual rhythms slowly infiltrated the upper echelons of society, until it was embraced, almost unconsciously. During this time, one man rose to great power. His name was Yarini, “the Pimp of San Isidro.” During his ten-year reign, he brought inexorable joy to many, but to others he presented a great threat. In a story based on the myth of the man, Yarini, the women he loved, and the beautiful city of Havana.</strong></p>
<p><strong>With the passing of Yarini also passed the end of a great era. </strong></p>
<p><strong>“Old Havana and the Great Pimp of San Isidro”.</strong></p>
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Between $100 000 and $10 000
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Festival selections:
Special Screening of the Polish Film Festival 2013
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