cynophile Wonderful film showing the real Cuba as opposed to the usual U.S. anti-Castro propaganda. This was the first time I'd had the chance to see inside Cuba and to hear how appreciative ordinary Cubans were for what the Revolution had brought: free health care (including a low infant mortality rate), affordible (if basic) housing for all, and an effective educational system which gives Cubans the highest literacy rate in that part of the world - going to show how a courageous and hard working people find ways of working around sanctions designed to cripple their country.

modhat I really like the movie and the idea itself, that using a camera and recording videos you can watch and notice how any country could be changed to better or to worst

BasicLogic I've tried to follow the high rating reviews and gave it a try. But what I saw was lot of footages of Castro this and Castro that. The common people showed in this so-called documentary didn't seem to qualify for the real majority, but a phony facade of living in poverty and shortage of everything, the Cuban people still enjoy their lives and quite agreeable to what they don't have and couldn't have. This guy carrying a camera was more like a tourist filming what he chose to shot but didn't really want to dig into the real situation and the peoples' real lives and living standard which is so far pathetic and miserable. A piece of the island is occupied by a foreign country also the sponsor of the international embargo against Cuba. Tens of thousands Cubans were killed or still in jail, millions escaped to the nearby imperial America as refugees. When Obama decided to defrost the enemy status quo, these refugees in their sanctuary country would have to give up their refugee identity and lost their refugees' benefits and welfares, and I think they are now more angry at the American government than against their mother island. This guy didn't not visit the Little Havana in Florida, doing some in-depth interviews on these refugees, most of them are now living in abundant status. He just focused on the people on the island, but how could he get a realistic picture of what they really have to deal with on a daily basis since Cuba in fact is still a communist country, nobody could speak freely or show what they really think about.If we also like this guy and consider him did a great job, then you are just like him, a tourist just off the cruise ship.

erdem-156-85490 I had been in Cuba for a family holiday just after Fidel Castro died. I saw some people who hate Fidel, and also others who are proud of Fidel. I think Jon Alpert succeeded to show people from both sides. He also shows some human side of Fidel via private interviews.The story of the three brothers and the sister is so heartbreaking. They are so nice people and I wished to be with them to help and share all their feelings.It was a 45-year real story of the people. I think Jon Alpert did a great job.