Cuban television has a new project to indoctrinate Cuban minors: Fidel Castro’s childhood. According to one official, the aim is “to bring the children closer to that human part of the leader of the revolution, to his antics in the countryside.”
“We are dealing with a project, which has not yet been titled, about Fidel Castro’s childhood. It takes place between 1926 and 1932. The illustrations are animated and we want to use photos from that time. It is a assigned task. to us in charge of Cuban television, ”Ramiro Ortega, chief specialist of Cubavisión Animation Studios, told the Cuban television portal.
He acknowledged that during the crisis caused by the coronavirus, some animators worked in other places. “Many of the good animators we had were looking for other ways to survive in times of crisis, even without a computer in their house,” he said.
Other projects
Cubavisión’s Animation Studios are working on Patricia’s showcase, of which they will film about 10 chapters. “We’re going to be filming the new season The teacher and at some point Piófilo and Cascarón, which is still being written. We engage in more experimental projects, such as The weird and Manita manota, both directed by Ivette Ávila Martín, ”said Ramiro Ortega.
Cuban television shows works with dolls for children in the room Altarpiece of dreams, in 10 chapters. Also a series of equal length, Diego’s theater, dedicated to the poet Eliseo Diego.
In space Watercolors of Cuba, the animator tells a story in 2D that parallels what Luis Carbonell, the watercolorist of Antillean poetry, recites in his poems. Is in production Paper fables, with 3D animations.
“It’s in the process of feasibility to see how we implement it, that’s what a project is called Chimbe, with a script by Olga Montes and directed by René Martínez. It is about a small hutía who is adopted by a farming family after her mother is captured by poachers. In the script no animals speak, only people. It is an animated production in 2D. We estimate it will take about a year and a half or two, as each chapter is longer than 12 minutes, ”said Ortega.