We are so honored to announce that Voices From Cuba won Best Documentary (From judges and audience choice) at the 2023 Cuban American International Film festival in Miami!
Read moreVoices From Cuba Screening at Fort Meyers Film Festival May 22, 2022!
Voices From Cuba screening at the Fort Meyers Film festival on May 22, 2022
Read moreVoices From Cuba Screening at Gasparilla Film Festival March 13th!
Voices From Cuba screening at the Gasparilla International Film festival on March 13th, 2022 at 2:15PM
Read moreAndy Garcia Narrates Voices From Cuba
On Thursday, we had the incredible honor of working with Andy Garcia as he recorded the narration for Voices From Cuba (Part 1.) To hear him bring life to the the words that I wrote with his passion and talent, was an absolute dream come true…
Read moreVoices From Cuba Internship Opportunities
We are seeking 2 Miami-based interns to help us with this launch. The initial commitment will be 8 weeks, from November 1 to December 31st, with a minimum of 5 hours a week working on the project, with more time needed as we get closer to the premiere.
Read moreBay of Pigs Invasion - 60 Years Ago today
Sixty Years ago today, on April 15th 1961, eight B-26 Bombers painted to look like planes from the Cuban Air Force attacked Castro’s airfields. This would be the prelude to the ill-fated Bay of Pigs Invasion…
Read moreChristmas in Guantanamo
Photo by Ivan Curra
Do you remember your first Christmas? Lizbet Martinez certainly does. She celebrated Christmas for the first time at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba when she was twelve years old. She and her parents had fled Cuba during the Balseros (rafters) crisis of 1994 on a rickety raft her father fashioned from inner tubes, rope and scrap lumber…
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A peak behind the scenes at our editing process
We have a few exciting updates! We’re finished filming our interviews, and finally have the first scripts and edits completed of the entire film. These are still what we call "rough cuts," and they will continue to be honed. There is so much great material that we might end up making Voices from Cuba be a 2-part documentary series!Andy Garcia, our narrator, was very pleased with the initial edit. He asked if he could share it with legendary Cuban jazz musician Arturo Sandovol…
Read moreThe Mariel Boatlift
The "El Dorado" packed with Cuban refugees during the Mariel Boatlift - Key West, Florida
Forty years ago today, the Cuban government quietly announced in the state newspaper, Granma, that anyone wishing to leave Cuba could do so, and that they should call their relatives in the United States to come pick them up by boat. At that time, over 10,000 Cubans had taken refuge in the Peruvian Embassy seeking political asylum and a way out of Cuba. Discontent on the island was high, and Castro needed a relief valve. The Mariel Boatlift was on.
Read moreCastro Enters Havana Triumphant - 60 Years Ago Today
Some might think that on January 1st, 1959, when Batista fled Cuba, Fidel Castro and his fellow revolutionaries immediately took control of the country. Many newsreels show Castro coming into Havana as part of that moment, sort of all blended together. But Batista leaving so suddenly actually created a power vacuum - until alliances…
Read moreBatista Flees Cuba - 60 Years Ago Today
On New Year’s Day 1959, the Cuban people woke up to the shocking news that their president, Fulgencio Batista, had fled the country overnight. After officially resigning at 3am, he’d packed his family, friends and government officials onto a plane, and flew out of the military airfield for the Dominican Republic…
Read moreThe History Of Capturing History For Voices From Cuba
The idea for Voices From Cuba came to me while working on a Steven Spielberg project called Survivors of the Shoah - where we helped capture the personal testimonies of Holocaust survivors. I knew there must be some incredible stories behind the journeys of the Cuban people I saw coming to my hometown of Miami, Florida when I was a kid…
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