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Cuba After Castro

Cuba After Castro

Cuba After Castro

Dir. Abby Martin, Matthew Belen
84 min

Wednesday, August 26 at 7:00 PM

Post-screening Live Virtual Q&A with Abby Martin

Presented by Minnesota Cuba Committee

ABOUT THE FILM

Cuba After Castro delivers the definitive portrait of Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba’s first leader born after the Revolution. Through this unprecedented in-depth interview we see a vision of revolutionary Cuba suppressed in the west: a nation of collective values and defiance in the face of constant threats from the United States. The film chronicles Diaz-Canel’s formation as an unexpected successor to the Castros — an unassuming organizer molded by the revolutionary process. Confronting a perfect storm of intensified U.S. sanctions, a media war, a devastating pandemic, and historic domestic protests. Díaz-Canel reflects on navigating these existential crises for the nation he has come to lead.

Film Details

Film Type: Documentary Feature
Release Year: 2026
Runtime: 84 min
Country/Region: Cuba, USA
Language: English, Spanish
Print Source: Breakthrough Media
Tags: Documentary, Women Directors
Program: Community Screen

Cast/Crew

Director: Abby Martin, Matthew Belen
Producer: Matthew Belen, Abby Martin, Michael T Workman, Mike Prysner, Benjamin Becker, Manolo de los Santos
Cinematographer: Taylor Gill
Screenwriter: Abby Martin, Matthew Belen
Editor: Matthew Belen, Luis Gutierrez Arias, Michael T Workman
Composer: Kevin Macleod, Belisario Lopez, Gordie Dean, Jose William Morgan, Jo Blankenburg, Shawn Williams, Evant Hutchinson, Alistair Sung
Principal Cast: Abby Martin, Miguel Diaz Canel

Sponsor for Cuba After Castro