The people would have enjoyed telling their story though, and what a great body of unique work it has produced as a result of this filmmakers diligence. My wife winced at some of the questions directed towards people in times of intense struggle, belaboring the narrative a bit at what was obviously a difficult situation. It's the first film of its kind filmed in Cuba that I'm aware of. The footage is unique, following various people over many years. I was overly excited to provide my own supplementary narrative, translations, etc to my patient wife who has never visited the island.
This filmmaker does an excellent job of connecting the viewer with the experience of Cuban people for them to develop their own opinions based on these stories, history, geopolitics, etc.
#Cuba and the cameraman movie
The film is a Netflix Original and was first. Cuba and the Cameraman, a documentary movie starring and Jon Alpert is available to stream now. What is not confusing, is connecting with Cubans. Cuba and the Cameraman is a 2017 American documentary film written, directed and co-produced by Jon Alpert. Ag engineers and entomologists breeding beneficial insects for organic farms in old soda bottles under palapa huts, PhD of Latin American literature checking you into your hotel, or a university professor selling peanuts on the street to make ends meet. One is constantly meeting people in unexpected positions with extraordinary education. Add to that the sentiments of exiles and one can struggle to navigate these waters and formulate clear opinions. There is so much depth and complexity to the Cuban story, and it can be incredibly confusing to go between the worlds of tourism, government lectures, and time in the homes or fields of Cubans.
#Cuba and the cameraman full
I felt emotionally attached to them as time passed and economic pressures shaped their experience. Finally, in Cuba and the Cameraman, a capable filmmaker provides a full document45 years and a thousand hours of film in the makingthat displays an on-the-ground humanistic version of Cuban. Life in Cuba for three struggling families over the course of 45 years, from the cautious optimism of the early 1970s to the harrowing 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union and the 2016 death of Fidel Castro.
I felt as if the three brothers were my friends too, having spent much of my time in the farming communities of Cuba. Cuba and the Cameraman: Directed by Jon Alpert. The stories portrayed here are exactly what one sees when you develop friendships over the years in Cuba. My work has taken me there a lot over the years. I enjoyed watching this film so much, chatting away to my wife about all the familiar places and stories.
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