By Jean Stubbs, 27 September 2020 After three virtual Q&As following screenings of the film, Michael and I were already beginning to feel like ‘old hands’ fielding online debate with
Category: Blog
By Jean Stubbs, 9 August, 2020 “Some compare what’s coming with a category 5 hurricane.” Among the many challenges Covid-19 has thrown our way is adapting to online screenings of
By Michael Chanan In the face of coronavirus, Cuba is proving to be thoroughly humane, in stark and vivid contrast to the stance taken by the impeached president in the
By Michael Chanan What happens when the independent filmmaker finishes a film and begins the business of getting it out, hustling for screenings and posting on social media to reach
By María Luisa Ortega (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) A small enclave in the Caribbean can become a prism which reveals the globalised past and present, the complex dynamics in which
Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes Screening 10 December 2019 From the producer Jean Stubbs Havana was buzzing in December 2019 for the 44th International Film Festival. The Hotel Nacional, the Festival’s
By Michael Chanan, 19 October 2019 The Cuba we left behind when we finished shooting Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes in July came under renewed pressure from the North in September.
By Michael Chanan, 10 June 2019 Living Between Hurricanes is the title of a new documentary which I begin shooting this month in Cuba with Jean Stubbs and Jon Curry-Machado