Series XXIX: Independent and Unidentified Footage, 1980-2014, inclusive

This video features stitched together segments, which appear to be early edits for the documentary Mareilitos or The Cuban Excludables. The footage begins with Ricardo Alarcón arriving in Cuba. He delivers a short public speech about illegal immigration to the United States and US policy toward Cuba. The remaining footage focuses on individuals attempting to travel to Florida from Cuba on rafts. Some of the footage repeats, and several portions contain voice over narration. Footage also features a brief interview segment with American diplomat Wayne Smith.

This recording may be associated with either the Cuban Excludables or Miami-Havana.

This recording may be associated with either the Cuban Excludables or Miami-Havana.

This video contains an interview with Baudilio Castellanos in which he discusses how the American form of democracy does not represent all people.

This recording may be associated with either the Cuban Excludables or Miami-Havana.

This video features three interviews and a series of video clips recorded from television programs. The first interview features the widow of Cuban pacifist Luciano Nieves. She discusses her husband's assassination, and describes him as a pioneer for calling for improved relations between the US and Cuba in the 1970s. The second interview features anti-Castro political activist Felipe Rivero. Rivero discusses his involvement in the Bay of Pigs invasion and addresses criticism about members of his movement who have been charged with or convicted of terrorism. He specifically discusses members of his organization who were convicted for the assassination of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier. The third interview features Miami priest Father Bryan Walsh. Walsh discusses his role in sponsoring Cuban children traveling to the US without their parents between 1960 and 1962, and the US government's role in supporting that work. The final 30 minutes to the tape feature assorted clips recorded from television. Video and audio quality is very poor and the bulk of the content on the second half of this tape is difficult to view.

This video contains a conversation on a beach between a Black family and Viteo, a man who returned to Cuba after living in Miami. The man discusses what life is like in Miami, the discrimination of Black people in the United States, and the circumstances of his return to Cuba. The video ends with silent footage of the beach.

This video contains an interview on the beach in Guanabo, Cuba with Viteo, a man who had lived in the United States but who returned to Cuba. He explains that it was hard to earn a comfortable living in the United States. The video pans out to onlooking children. Upon seeing two Black children, Viteo states that they would be criminalized in the United States because they are Black. Viteo continues talking to the Black family, saying they would face racism and discrimination in the United States.

This video contains footage of the Lornas del Bosque, a home for children who have been abandoned by their parents. There are cutaways, close-ups, and other shots of the teachers playing and singing with the children.

The first approximately 12 minutes involve Panchita Fajardo. The footage features discussions between Estela Bravo and Fajardo, as well as moments with Raul and Fidel Castro, and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.

The next part begins with Fidel Castro speaking about energy. The clip is followed by a short film produced by the Atomic Energy Commission of Cuba titled Create the Future, which runs from 00:13:45 - 00:26:00. The film is in Spanish.

This video features footage of a rally in the United States protesting the US Government's intervention in El Salvador. The footage begins with a brief interview of a couple from Argentina, who discuss their imprisonment by the Argentinian government for political activism and discuss Argentina's support of the military junta in El Salvador. The footage features other interviews with members of the crowd about their reasons for participating in the rally. Speakers at the rally can be heard off camera, but are not filmed. This footage does not appear to be filmed by Estela Bravo.

This video features an interview with three Cuban youths and their neighbor. The neighbor begins by explaining that the children were abandoned by their mother in 1980, when she left Cuba for the United States in the Mariel Boatlift. The eldest daughter explains that she was 11 years old at the time, and she and her siblings did not know how to care for themselves. They explains that they were able to survive with financial support from the government, and assistance from their neighbor who tried to help them as much as she could. At the time the interview was recorded in 1991, the family had not been able to locate their mother, and they did not know if she was still living.

This video begins with stills of a wedding, and the remainder is footage is a young man speaking in Spanish. He talks about attacks and assassinations carried out by far-right-wing, anti-Castro terrorist groups, mentioning a bombing of the Cuban Mission to the UN carried out by a New Jersey-based group Omega 7. He also speaks about the larger context of these groups and discusses the assassinations of Orlando Letelier, Carlos Muniz, and Eulalio Negrin. He describes the origin of these organizations and suggests that many of their actions are motivated by anti-Castro propaganda from the United States.

This is an interview (in Spanish) with Raul Herrera or Viera, a FARC member, who discusses the history of the organization and its goals, as well as its view of US imperialism and US policies in Latin America after the Cuban Revolution. He talks about guerilla movements and the use of violence, and about a war for peace and social and economic reform. He also speaks about Camilo Torres as a hero in Colombia.

This video features on-the-street interviews with people in Havana discussing families divided between the United States and Cuba. A small portion of the interviewees discuss their family members who are in the United States and the difficulty of reconnecting them. They discuss the difficulty of obtaining visas to see their family in the US, and the pain of family separation. The majority of the people featured in the video, however, state that they do not have family abroad and talk generally about their pride as Cubans and their desire to stay in their country. Others discuss their opposition to the US blockade and US policy toward Cuba.

This video features footage of Nelson Mandela receiving an honorary doctorate at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. The video begins with footage of Mandela's plane landing, and shows several important Jamaican officials greeting him as he disembarks from the plane. The video then shows footage to the ceremony where Mandela receives the honorary degree. It features a speaker who presents the award, but does not include footage of a speech by Mandela.

Fidel speaks at a commemoration attended by Cuban veterans of the Spanish Civil War.

This film contains newsreel footage, most likely of Nelson Mandela in Cuba.

This footage includes much of Nelson Mandela's inauguration, including arrival of dignitaries such as Al and Tipper Gore, Jesse Jackson, and Fidel Castro. The footage shows Mandela taking an oath and several speeches related to the inauguration. At the very end there is a brief clip of a ball game and a news clip from Lima.

Contains news clips from CNN, ABC, and several other news sources. They mostly relate to Nelson Mandela's release from prison. This video contains duplicated content from other videos.

This brief footage appears to concern the Mandela government in South Africa. There is a press conference in Cape Town and off-air recordings from Cuban TV. The sound is inconsistent.

This video contains portions of two interviews. The first is part of an interview with two young people in Cuba, Heidi and Ricardo, talking about their perceptions of the United States, what they envision life would be like living there, and their desire to live there. The second segment features Ana Rosa, who is the director of Lornas de Bosque, a state-run home for abandoned children, many of whom were left behind when their parents went to the United States. A young woman, Mercedes, is also interviewed with her infant sleeping beside her. She and her siblings had lived at Lornas de Bosque as children when her parents left for the United States. Estela asks her how she felt being left behind and what she would say to her parents. The video also has close-ups and cutaways of the women and the baby.

The video consists of footage for a press release from Robert and Michael Meeropol. They express their thanks for Cuba's commemorative events honoring the 35th anniversary of their parents' execution. In a prepared joint statement, they comment on their efforts to have the United States government release secret documents related to their parents' case, anti-communist sentiment in the United States, and the peace movement in the United States. The video ends with cutaway footage of Michael and Robert.

The majority of the video is footage of Michael and Robert Meeropol's children. Ivy Meeropol interviews her brother and her cousins, asking who they are and about their visit to Cuba. Some of the adults ask the children about their visit to Cuba. Michael, Robert, and Ellen talk about their impressions of Cuba, the school in Cuba named after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and discuss the 25th anniversary of their parents' case and executions.

The majority of the video is footage of Michael and Robert Meeropol's children. Ivy Meeropol interviews her brother and her cousins, asking who they are and about their visit to Cuba. Some of the adults ask the children about their visit to Cuba. Michael, Robert, and Ellen talk about their impressions of Cuba, the school in Cuba named after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and discuss the 25th anniversary of their parents' case and executions. The video ends with footage of Ivy, Jenny, and Greg Meeropol looking at and talking about photographs of their grandparents.

The first 12 minutes of this video contains footage from interviews at home with Robert and Michael Meeropol and their families. The Meeropol children answer and ask questions about their grandparents, their fathers' work to reopen Julius and Ethel's case, what they want to be when they grow up, and their trip to Cuba. The children talk about some posters of Fidel Castro, Che Guevera, and Cuba in the home. The children share drawings they made and thank people they met in Cuba during their visit. Michael and Robert also express gratitude to those they met during their visit, and they all sing Guantanamera together. There are several minutes of a recorded program from WNET, "Youth Unemployment: A Question of Survival." There are several minutes of a program in Spanish covering protests outside the 1st NY Cuban Film Festival and other events. The last four minutes of the video contains screeching audio and footage of a large group of women and girls rolling out dough together.

This video contains footage from the interviews at home with Robert and Michael Meeropol and their families. Robert and Michael try to explain to the children what happened to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and answer their children's questions about their grandparents. The children share drawings they made and thank people they met in Cuba during their visit. Michael and Robert also express gratitude to those they met during their visit, and they all sing Guantanamera together. The last several minutes of the video are shots of framed photographs of Julius and Ethel, and Cuba-related posters.

This video contains footage of the aftermath of an earthquake in Mexico. Footage does not appear in any of Bravo's released films to date.

This video contains footage of the aftermath of an earthquake in Mexico. Footage does not appear in any of Bravo's released films to date.

This video may contain footage from both Miami-Havana and Flotilla to Cuba.

This video contains a panel interview with a group of Black and Puerto Rican community activists in New York. They discuss the difficulties of life for Black people and immigrants in New York City. The panelists discuss the lack of opportunity and jobs, and the drug epidemics in New York. Estela asks them to explain what new Cuban immigrants will encounter if they come there. The panelists discuss the fear and the lack of government support and protection for Black, Puerto Rican, and immigrants of color. They say that Black Cubans face double oppression in the United States.

This tape includes footage shot in Brazil, including a short clip of Estela Bravo interviewing Luis Carlos Prestes. The picture quality is poor and there is a constant hum that interferes with the sound. It is, however, viewable and understandable.

This video begins with an interview Estela Bravo recorded with the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Michael and Robert Meeropol and their families. The footage was recorded in Springfield, MA on the 25th anniversary of the Rosenberg's death for a Cuban television program. Bravo asks the Meeropols about their travel to Cuba and their impressions of the country. Much of the video on this recording is in poor condition, and in many places only the audio is available. The children of Michael and Robert Meeropol discuss their visit to Cuba and describe their understanding of how their grandparents died. At the end of the segment the family sings the Cuban folk song "Guantanamera." Beginning at minute 12:00 the video changes to various clips from Cuban television programs. Many of these clips contain no audio. The second half of the video features a boxing match.

This video features a television program on the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. It begins with a brief interview with their sons Robert and Michael Meeropol who talk about their parents and the loss they still feel many years after their deaths. The program, which initially aired in 1974, details the legal efforts to grant the Rosenbergs clemency or a stay of execution. The program then provides an update, recorded in 1978, which reviews government documents and questions the impartiality of judge Kaufman, who sentenced the Rosenbergs to death.

This video features two minutes of a Cuban news report on a memorial ceremony in honor of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg at the Rosenberg Memorial in Havana. The footage features Estela Bravo at the ceremony and includes several short interviews with participants discussing the significance of the memorial. After 2:25 the news report ends and the remainder of the video features lyrics and instrumental music from a karaoke program.

The footage is varied, beginning with some clips from Nelson Mandela's inauguration along with some associated news coverage. This is followed by an interview fragment with an unidentified interviewee. Starting at 00:08:30 the video focuses on an American group being recognized as part of the Friendshipment program. It includes a speech by a Cuban dignitary, and then the awarding of medals to each of the Americans.

This video features two short segments from the Miami news program Noticias 23. The first features Cuban counter-revolutionary Orlando Bosch selling lemons to supporters in the Miami area. The second features a 1991 report on the destruction of Mexican actress Veronica Castro's star on the Calle Ocho "Walk of Fame" after residents of Miami protested her visit to Cuba.