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Cuba: Beyond the Pearl of the Antilles

200536m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2005

Runtime

36m

Storyline

This compelling documentary chronicles the lives of Cuban Jews who left Cuba in 1960, after having resided there since the early 1900s. The film deals with the political impact that the Castro regime had on these people, their lives and their culture. It also profiles the community still living there – looking at their fight to maintain closeness to their Jewish roots and practice their Judaism, as well as tracing how they arrived in Cuba. A fascinating and fresh portrait of a little known group in a country fraught with political turmoil.

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Status
Released
Runtime
36m
Apr 21, 2005
Languages
Spanish
Director
Joycelyn Bejar

Top Cast

1 Cast Members

David Anthony Pizzuto

David Anthony Pizzuto

Narrator

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