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Collection
Title
Osvaldo Sánchez Film Collection
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Extent
50 Boxes
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Scope and content
The Osvaldo Sánchez Film Collection contains commercials and newsreel footage filmed by Cuban cinematographer Osvaldo Sánchez from the 1940s to the 1980s, in Cuba and in the United States. Sánchez filmed a range of commercials for local businesses serving Miami's Latino community, from restaurants to furniture and clothing stores. Commercials for Miami businesses in the 1960s to 1970s, such as Café Estrella, Pestonit Florist, and Rivas Realty, have been digitized.
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Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
Portions of this collection is housed off-campus and must be requested a minimum of three days in advance for consultation in the Cuban Heritage Collection Reading Room.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact chc@miami.edu for more information.
Preferred citation: Osvaldo Sanchez Film Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
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Selected materials from this collection have been digitized.
https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/chc5061
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Archivist's note
Collection level record added by Fernando Espino, December 2013. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.