The Cuba Libre Story - From Columbus to Che and Castro
Synopsis
Cuba – the island where dreams clash. It was the gateway to the New World, the port of call for the American underworld, a crossroads for drug smuggeling. It has brought us cigars, sugar and rum. And a Socialist Revolution: Cuba stands for schools for everybody, and an eternal struggle for freedom. Cuba may seem synonymous with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, but its history was shaped by adventurer Christopher Columbus, freedom fighter José Martí, Dictator Fulgenico Batista, Mafia Boss Meyer Lansky and many others. THE CUBA LIBRE STORY tells Cuba’s complete history – looking back at 500 years before the Castro Brothers, and ahead at what will come after them. For the first time ever, the Russian state film archives of Krasnogorsk, the Red Army and KGB's film archives and the Cuban State Film Archive ICAIC have granted us access to their Cuban treasures. We tell Cuban history from a transnational perspective, waeve together over 50 exclusive interviews with the most important experts and eyewitnesses of Cuban history – broth from within and outside the island. We bring together both followers and opponents of Fidel Castro and his predecessor Fulgenico Batista… The titles of the episodes are: Breaking Chains | War and Sugar | Ganster’s Paradise | A Ragtag Revolution | Making Heroes | Of Soviets and Saviors | Secrets and Sacrifices | Moments of Transition
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