
“Afascinatingtaleofvisionaryaestheticsand…sublimestructures”–SteveDollar,THEWALLSTREETJOURNAL<br/> In1961,threeyoung,visionaryarchitectswerecommissionedbyFidelCastroandCheGuevaratocreateCuba’sNationalArtSchoolsonthegroundsofaformergolfcourseinHavana,Cuba.Constructionoftheirradicaldesignsbeganimmediatelyandtheschool’sfirstclassessoonfollowed.Dancers,musiciansandartistsfromalloverthecountryreveledinthebeautyoftheschools,butasthedreamoftheRevolutionquicklybecameareality,constructionwasabruptlyhaltedandthearchitectsandtheirdesignsweredeemedirrelevantintheprevailingpoliticalclimate.Fortyyearslatertheschoolsareinuse,butremainunfinishedanddecaying.UNFINISHEDSPACESchartsthejourneythroughalmostboundlesscreativeambition,thedestructiveforceofbureaucracy,andtheaftermathonthelivesofthearchitects.It’sastunningfilm,bothinnarrativeandphotographicterms.<br/> (DirectedbyAlysaNahmias,BenjaminMurray,USA,2011,86mins,NR)HDDigitalPresentation