ANSWER Film Series: BLOQUEO: Looking at the U.S. Embargo Against Cuba

ANSWER Film Series
BLOQUEO: Looking at the U.S. Embargo Against Cuba

This newly-released documentary features voices from the streets of Havana and the Cuban countryside, "Bloqueo" (or blockade) lets Cubans speak for themselves about how they have been affected by the blockade, and what it means to live in Cuba today. The 45-minute documentary also features analysis from activists traveling with the Pastors for Peace Caravan—an annual journey calling attention to this controversial policy.

"Bloqueo" looks at the successes that have made Cuba a model in healthcare, environmental stewardship, and other arenas that forge an alternative, and ultimately more sustainable, system. 2004, 45min., English and Spanish with English subtitles.

followed by a short film
"Workers’ Democracy in Cuba"

"Workers' Democracy in Cuba" examines the rights of Cuba's 3 million workers in Cuba's socialist society. Cuba's workforce is 98% unionized. The video features interviews with working people, and discusses the effects of the U.S. blockade. It culminates with the million-strong May Day annual march. Produced by Gloria La Riva. 25min.