UNION CITY – The City of Union City, Mayor Brian Stack and the Board of Commissioners present a discussion with renowned filmmaker Ricardo Bacallao and the world premiere screening of his two documentary short films, “Short Radiography of Hip Hop in Cuba” and “The Maji Maji Readings.” The films are directed and produced by Ricardo Bacallao, known as the “Cuban Woody Allen.” The event will take place on Friday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. in the William V. Musto Cultural Center, 420 – 15th St. Refreshments will be served and admission is free.
Bacallao was born in Havana, Cuba. He graduated from Havana’s Superior Institute, and received his MFA in film from NYU. While living in Madrid and Berlin, he participated several times in the Berlin Film Festival, including being awarded as the first Cuban representative to the festival’s Talent Campus in 2003.
Bacallao first came to the U.S. in December of 2005, when he was invited to tour universities around the United States screening his documentaries on topics such as race, immigration, Santeria, and madness in the arts. In 2010, a segment he produced for CUNY TV’s magazine show Nueva York won a New York Emmy Award. Since then, he has been working as a freelance director, cameraman, producer, and editor of documentary and fiction film. Bacallao is just completing his first feature film, “The Uncle’s Request,” a political thriller, and “Romañach,” a dramedy, is in pre-production.
Premiere screening of two short documentaries and discussion with filmmaker
