San Antonio de los Banos

A River Town South West Of Havana Holding The Only Museum Of Humour In Cuba And The International Film School Gabriel Garcia Marquez Founded And Taught At · San Antonio de los Banos, Artemisa

San Antonio de los Banos is a quiet town on the Ariguanabo river an hour south-west of Havana, and it holds two things out of proportion to its size. The first is the Museo del Humor, the only museum of humour in Cuba - graphic satire, caricature and cartoons going back to the nineteenth century, housed in a colonial building and host to an international biennial that draws work from across Latin America. The second is three kilometres outside the town: the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television, founded in 1986 by Gabriel Garcia Marquez with Fernando Birri and Julio Garcia Espinosa to train film-makers from Latin America, Africa and Asia. Garcia Marquez taught scriptwriting there himself for years. It is a working school rather than a sight, and visiting means asking first. Silvio Rodriguez, who more or less invented nueva trova, was born here, which the town will tell you within about four minutes of your arriving.

Museo del Humor, San Antonio de los Banos, Artemisa, San Antonio de los Banos, Artemisa, Cuba

The Museo del Humor keeps daytime hours with a weekly closing day and a small charge; the INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF HUMOUR is held here and fills the town when it runs. EICTV, the film school, is a working institution three kilometres outside town and is NOT an open attraction - any visit has to be asked for in advance. Thirty-five kilometres from Havana, about an hour by road.

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