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202266 minPGdocumentary

Craving Cuba (2016)

202266 minPGdocumentary

Cuban-American identity is examined through personal stories and cultural connections, highlighting the complexities of belonging amid changing relations with Cuba.

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Craving Cuba (2016)

2022• 66 minPG

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Cuban-American identity is examined through personal stories and cultural connections, highlighting the complexities of belonging amid changing relations with Cuba.

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Craving Cuba is a documentary film about the Cuban-American experience and their complicated relationship with Cuba. It explores identity and what it means to be and become American in a time when the whole world is obsessed with Cuba.

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