Michael Moore, the 'Enemy', and Cuban Cinema

The Olympia Theater was packed on the evening of March 24, 1972. The
historic neighborhood cinema on Broadway and 107th Street in New York
City was to host the New York Festival of Cuban Films, the first of its
kind in the United States and a celebration of the rich film culture
emanating from the demonized neighbor to the south. The audience – made
up of luminaries and diplomats from at least 22 different United
Nations countries, among others – was enjoying the opening ceremonies
of the festival, which included a screening of Lucia, Humberto Solas'
masterpiece, widely considered to be one of the best films ever to
emerge from Cuba. At exactly 10 p.m., one half-hour into the film, the
piercing screams of several women tore through the darkened theater.