Letters to Eloisa

Through the letters to his sister (1961-1976) Eloisa living in exile, legendary Cuban writer José Lezama Lima, author “Paradiso” a novel of the Latin American Boom, reveals his complex and ultimate tragic relationship to the Cuban revolutionary state.

Letters to Eloisa film poster

Film Credits

Director

Adriana Bosch

Adriana Bosch is an independent documentary film maker with more than 30 years of experience. She was Series Producer of Latino Americans a six hour series for PBS (2013) and for the four hour series Latin Music USA, (2009). Bosch has produced and written a number of films for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. including several of that series’ acclaimed presidential biographies, including films on Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Dwight Eisenhower and Ulysses S. Grant. She also produced and wrote a documentary on The Rockefeller family, a two hour award winning documentary on Fidel Castro (2005), and a one hour documentary on Cuban scientist Carlos Finlay (2007). Her films have received many of the industry’s highest awards, including two Peabody Awards, an Emmy Award, a Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival, an Erik Barnouw Award in addition to many nominations, including for best documentary from the IDA and three nominations from the Writer’s Guild. Born in Cuba, Bosch holds a Ph.D. in International Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Her latest documentary “American Comandante” aired November 17, 2015 on PBS’ history series AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

Credits

Adriana Bosch - Writer
Adriana Bosch - Producer
Maria Bures - Producer

Key Cast

Alfred Molina - “Reads Lezama's letters”
Arturo Sandoval - “Composer”

Specifications

Genré: Documentary Feature
Runtime: 1 hour 1 minute 9 seconds
Country of Origin: United States

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