{"id":252251,"date":"2022-05-02T16:38:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T20:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=252251"},"modified":"2022-05-02T16:38:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T20:38:17","slug":"the-documentary-people-between-washington-and-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/the-documentary-people-between-washington-and-havana\/","title":{"rendered":"The documentary people, between Washington and Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four years ago, the news of the <\/span>Artes de Cuba Festival<\/span><\/a> at the Kennedy Cultural Center in Washington turned out to be quite an event, not only artistically, but also politically, since this cultural exchange between Cuban and American artists seemed impossible due to the complex political situation between the two countries during the Trump administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter what, it is complex to manage to separate politics from artistic work, but an event of great magnitude and relevance in the history of <\/span>Cuba and the United States<\/span><\/a> managed to take place, although setbacks were not lacking in the midst of this scenario.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from the Cuban delegation, a group of independent filmmakers in charge of making an audiovisual material about the event, got the news of the denial of permission to film inside the place. It was time to reinvent or go home.<\/span><\/p>\n

For a Cuban independent filmmaker, mishaps of this type are not strange. Dealing with refusals to film, the delay or absence of permits, as well as economic and resource limitations, are common tasks for those who decide to make films in Cuba without the protection of state institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bridges from everywhere<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n