Hi all – Monica here from La Primera Generación. It’s a great honor to contribute to Babalu, the site that sparked my interest in Cuba.
I posted the following on La Primera Generacion yesterday. This documentary about Cuba is a great propaganda-free picture of what life really looks like in Cuba. It’s creatively structured around various colors in the images. If you have 15 minutes to watch this, I highly recommend it. While there are many great photographers that have captured similar images, video just gives it a more realistic feel.
I don’t know anything about the filmmaker or her/his stance on Cuba, but to me, the last segment about the dog personifies the plight of the Cuban citizen. They sit there, completely jaded, as the rest of the world flies by and the government steps all over them. Or as raul rapidly ascends the “popularity ladder” while fidel drops back to #19 🙂
(Video below the fold.)
This movie helped me to realize that no matter what, children are children, people are people, and dogs are dogs no matter the conditions they are placed in. the ending nearly made me cry
This movie helped me to realize that no matter what, children are children, people are people, and dogs are dogs no matter the conditions they are placed in. the ending nearly made me cry
Welcome Monica! Watching the video, what struck me the most were the sounds; the waves crashing against the Malecón, the voices in the background, etc. I kept wishing the music would stop so I could hear more. From what I´ve seen and heard lately, this depiction was of better conditions in the city.
Bienvenida, Monica. This film is testimony of the Haitianization of Cuba under the Castro revolution.
I think I saw my madrina’s nephew’s ex-girlfriend’s mother’s dentist. But I could be wrong.
*That dentist did not like hanging out in Vedado.
Welcome aboard Monica. Great film. As for Chispa, that’s enough of you. Poof. Into the ether with you and your comments.
Totally agree with Dr Delacova, do you realize that nobody can spare a crumb of food for that poor dog at the very end, that tells you a lot about the inferno cuban people are living in.
Wait a sec!
You actually expected people to feed the dog?
Where do you live? Oz?
There are stray dogs all over the place in Little Havana and they never get fed.
Among the reasons for that is that everyone knows that if you feed a stray, it never goes away.
So, if anything, it would be safer, more intelligent to assume that the dog is still there because he IS being fed.