David Ball

The Other Guantanamo: A Musical Portrait

Video Post-Production

This short video brings viewers to the bi-annual Changüí Festival in Guantánamo, Cuba to explore the music and culture of changüí, an Afro-Cuban “roots” music particular to the region that originated in the early 19th-century sugar cane refineries and rural mountain slave communities.

INVOLVEMENT

Lead Editor

DIRECTED + PRODUCED BY

Salome Chasnoff
SAIC Senior Lecturer

TECHNOLOGY

Adobe Premiere

As lead editor, chose selects, developed the narrative, and incorporated b-roll from the filmmakers footage.

We attended small screenings while editing to solicit feedback from fellow documentary filmmakers.

SCREENINGS + EVENTS

2022
The Other Guantanamo - Work-in-Progress Screening
PO BOX Collective - Chicago, IL
The Other Guantanamo - Work-in-Progress Screening
Screen Test | Berger Park Cultural Center - Chicago, IL
(Chicago Park District + Roman Susan Gallery)

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