Prior to Fidel Castro's reign, Cuba was open to immigration. However, once Castro proclaimed himself dictator of Cuba, one of the largest exodus recorded began, one that continues today, 47 years after the Cuban Revolution. Six central characters of the film discuss in detail their personal experiences through Operation Pedro Pan, the Freedom Flights, El Mariel, the Rafter Crisis, and the Cuban Visa Lottery.
The story of Cuban refugees who risked their lives in homemade rafts to reach the United States, and...
Documentary on the German luxury liner St. Louis that sailed from Hamburg to Cuba in 1939 carrying 9...
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...
This documentary, shot entirely on location in Havana, includes many band members' insights into thi...
Power struggles among the owners of a cigar factory;meanwhile, a society babe and a factory girl co...
When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced ...
Acclaimed Florida novelist Randy Wayne White travels to Cuba with former pitchers Bill "Spaceman" Le...
In the 1970s, Agustín Gómez Arcos rose to the top of French literature, while in his own country, Sp...
Anna, a twelve-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, has fled her war-torn country and recently settled in Mon...
In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a grou...
Documentary about the history of the bateyes, informal settlements surrounding the mills to house wo...
A documentary that explores the myth behind the truth. Different people around the globe reinterpret...
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make p...
Ana Deborah Mola and Belkis Lescaille were among the first young teachers who started pilot programs...
In the Land That Is Like You is a progress on the tracks of my lost past, with the contact of my mot...
Only women, children and old people live in this Armenian village, while the men work in Russia. A l...
Between 1960 and 1962 more than 14,000 cuban children were sent alone by their parents to the USA. T...
Documentary recounting the story of the Cuban Revolution and its impact on the young people of Cuba.
A film essay by Asher de Bentolila Tlalim, an Israeli filmmaker living in London, GALOOT ("Exile" in...
The Kafkaesque world of Cuba under Castro's rule is brought to light in this reconstruction of the 1...