Small Planet Documentary Production Company

DURATION: 60 min.

Cuba, facing its new "historic wager": the moment when the revolution, for many, has begun to fade and the country is turning towards a free market, striving to survive economically. With the question "after Fidel, what?" hanging in the air and the economic inequalities being now obvious. With the merciless embargo imposed by the United States on the one hand, and the fall of the "Eastern Block" on the other, creating insuperable problems. With a state which, in spite of the difficulties, manages to maintain one of the world's best public health and education systems.

The successes of the revolution and the aggressiveness of the USA as well as the opposition and the new economic class of wealthy Cubans have produced a documentary that is anything but "touristy".

The documentary records the contemporary image of the island, walking a fine line between its history (the dream of every lover of freedom and revolution), and its harsh and contradictory present-day reality.

MAIN CREDITS

Written & Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos / Director of Photography: Yiannis Vlahos / Research Coordinator: Apostolis Kaparoudakis / Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri / Editing: Dimitris Nikolopoulos/ Xristos Kostakopoulos, Yiannis Biliris, Avgi Moure / Additional Research: Georgia Anagnou, Vasilis Katsardis / Sound-Music by Eleni Mathioudaki / A SMALL PLANET production for ERT © 2004 – 2005

TECHNICAL DATA

Original shooting format: SD PAL 576i / Aspect Ratio: 4:3 PAL / Languages: Greek, Spanish / Subtitles: Greek, English / Available Versions: Greek, English, International