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This page is to obtain access to the broadcast of this Sands Films Cinema Club presentation
This screening is arranged in collaboration with North London Cuba Solidarity Campaign
(We will ask Representative of the Cuban Embassy to attend and answer questions)
Cuba: Two Films from
BELLY OF THE BEAST
Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández investigates.
Breaking with the practice of parachute journalism, Belly of the Beast has pioneered a new model of collaboration among Cuban and U.S.-based journalists and filmmakers, bringing greater awareness and understanding of the complex realities of Cuba and U.S.-Cuba relations through incisive, compelling and transformative documentary journalism and films. Belly of the Beast’s work has been featured in numerous outlets, including The New York Review of Books, The Hill, The Nation, ESPN, USA Today, NPR, Democracy Now! and the Miami New Times, among others.
The media landscape in Cuba is bleak. State-run outlets churn out propaganda while US-based journalism reinforces narratives propagated in Miami and DC. Some foreign media organizations try to find an “unbiased” happy medium, but the result is often false balance that obscures the context necessary to understand a country where every aspect of life is shaped by six decades of economic war waged by the world’s most powerful government. Belly of the Beast fills the void left by media coverage of Cuba and US-Cuba relations by prioritizing the following:
1: Investigative journalism that exposes the political and economic interests driving US policy and the impact of that policy on people both in Cuba and the United States.
2: People-focused stories that are often misreported, underreported or ignored.
3: In-depth and nuanced reporting on a country that is typically romanticized or demonized.
This page is to obtain access to the broadcast of this Sands Films Cinema Club presentation
This screening is arranged in collaboration with North London Cuba Solidarity Campaign
(We will ask Representative of the Cuban Embassy to attend and answer questions)
Cuba: Two Films from
BELLY OF THE BEAST
Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández investigates.
Breaking with the practice of parachute journalism, Belly of the Beast has pioneered a new model of collaboration among Cuban and U.S.-based journalists and filmmakers, bringing greater awareness and understanding of the complex realities of Cuba and U.S.-Cuba relations through incisive, compelling and transformative documentary journalism and films. Belly of the Beast’s work has been featured in numerous outlets, including The New York Review of Books, The Hill, The Nation, ESPN, USA Today, NPR, Democracy Now! and the Miami New Times, among others.
The media landscape in Cuba is bleak. State-run outlets churn out propaganda while US-based journalism reinforces narratives propagated in Miami and DC. Some foreign media organizations try to find an “unbiased” happy medium, but the result is often false balance that obscures the context necessary to understand a country where every aspect of life is shaped by six decades of economic war waged by the world’s most powerful government. Belly of the Beast fills the void left by media coverage of Cuba and US-Cuba relations by prioritizing the following:
1: Investigative journalism that exposes the political and economic interests driving US policy and the impact of that policy on people both in Cuba and the United States.
2: People-focused stories that are often misreported, underreported or ignored.
3: In-depth and nuanced reporting on a country that is typically romanticized or demonized.