Latin Culture
III.ESSAY (25points)
Imagineyouareahigh-rankingofficial inCuba’sNationalCultureCouncil;pressure
hasbeenplacedonyoutocensorGutiérrezAlea’sMemoriesofUnderdevelopment.
BasingyourargumentonbothareadingofthefilmitselfandalsoCastro’s“Wordsto
Intellectualsâ€respondtothiscallforcensorship,eitheragreeing thatthefilmis
indeed,subjecttocensorship,orarguingthatthefilmisinfactrevolutionaryand
shouldnotbecensored.Thesuggestedlengthoftheessayis500words.Remember
tocitethetextsinquestioninordertosupportyourarguments.
“Words to Intellectuals” : http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/castro/db/1961/19610630.html
MemoriesofUnderdevelopment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37PS0A_chbc
due 10am tomorrow