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Cuban Dreams O
Feature Length Documentary
Produced and Directed by Gail Reaben
Synopsis
Cuban Dreams is a feature length documentary exploring the dreams of the Cuban people.
Since Fidel Castro has resigned, and brother Raul is now President, we begin to feel the winds of
change. Perhaps the people's dreams are changing as well.
Who are these Cuban people? As a young university student from Taiwan said recently in the NY
Times, "To see is to believe. Cuba is a mystery for us, so we were very curious as to what people look
like, how everything works there". For nearly 50 years, what most people know about Cuba is about
Castro, the Revolution and the power struggle between the United States and this tiny island. So little
is known about who the Cuban people really are and what they dream for themselves. Their lives are
dominated by restriction and economic hardship. Does living in this environment cause them to
restrict those dreams or does the soul always find a way to soar, no matter what kind of enclosure it
finds itself?
Cuban Dreams will explore their lives and their dreams through individual interviews done in their
homes -- all against a backdrop frozen in time from the 1950's.
Feature Length Documentary
Produced and Directed by Gail Reaben
Synopsis
Cuban Dreams is a feature length documentary exploring the dreams of the Cuban people.
Since Fidel Castro has resigned, and brother Raul is now President, we begin to feel the winds of
change. Perhaps the people's dreams are changing as well.
Who are these Cuban people? As a young university student from Taiwan said recently in the NY
Times, "To see is to believe. Cuba is a mystery for us, so we were very curious as to what people look
like, how everything works there". For nearly 50 years, what most people know about Cuba is about
Castro, the Revolution and the power struggle between the United States and this tiny island. So little
is known about who the Cuban people really are and what they dream for themselves. Their lives are
dominated by restriction and economic hardship. Does living in this environment cause them to
restrict those dreams or does the soul always find a way to soar, no matter what kind of enclosure it
finds itself?
Cuban Dreams will explore their lives and their dreams through individual interviews done in their
homes -- all against a backdrop frozen in time from the 1950's.
Biography/Filmography
Gail Reaben is the Producer/Director of Be Bop Babies,
winner of the Platinum Remi Award, Best Documentary
Short, Worldfest Film Festival, 2006. It screened
internationally in 2007, including the Short Film
Corner, Cannes Film Festival. Invitational screenings
include the Jecheon Music & Film Festival in Korea,
2007 and the North by Northeast Music and Film
Festival in Toronto, 2008.
Be Bop Babies was selected, in 2007, for PBS’ The
Territory, a series of 13 short films chosen from
international submissions.
Reaben attended Sam Houston State, the University of
Oklahoma, Jamaica School of Art (Kingston, Jamaica)
and graduated from the University of St. Thomas,
Houston, TX with a B.A. in Art. She was president of
an audio duplication and video duplication, and video
production company for 15 years. In addition to being
an award making filmmaker, she is also an award
winning painter as well as a published writer of
mystical phenomenon.
Gail Reaben is the Producer/Director of Be Bop Babies,
winner of the Platinum Remi Award, Best Documentary
Short, Worldfest Film Festival, 2006. It screened
internationally in 2007, including the Short Film
Corner, Cannes Film Festival. Invitational screenings
include the Jecheon Music & Film Festival in Korea,
2007 and the North by Northeast Music and Film
Festival in Toronto, 2008.
Be Bop Babies was selected, in 2007, for PBS’ The
Territory, a series of 13 short films chosen from
international submissions.
Reaben attended Sam Houston State, the University of
Oklahoma, Jamaica School of Art (Kingston, Jamaica)
and graduated from the University of St. Thomas,
Houston, TX with a B.A. in Art. She was president of
an audio duplication and video duplication, and video
production company for 15 years. In addition to being
an award making filmmaker, she is also an award
winning painter as well as a published writer of
mystical phenomenon.
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In Cuba, there are no clothes dryers
so all laundry is dried outside.
so all laundry is dried outside.
Old Havana architecture.
The Malecon, Habana's sea wall where young couples
spend their evenings looking out to sea, dreaming of their
future.
spend their evenings looking out to sea, dreaming of their
future.
In a local restaurant, a large
painting of revolutionary, Che
Guevara.
painting of revolutionary, Che
Guevara.
Copyright 2008
Gail Reaben
All rights reserved
Gail Reaben
All rights reserved
Coming Soon!
Cuba's The OK Band. Photo taken in Old Havana
c
Sergio, our translator in Cuba and
Steve Faytis, Associate Producer.
Steve Faytis, Associate Producer.
| Cuba News Events |
December 18, 2010 Cuba to lay off
500,000 to reform economy
Gail Reaben, in Havana
Helping Cuban Animals! There is a couple in Florida,
Les Inglis and his wife, who are trying desperately to
bring much needed assistance to the dogs and cats
in Cuba. A large number are starving. There is only
one veterinarian in all of Havana and you have to go
through a hole in a fence to find him. They have no
anesthesia, no pain killers, no antibiotics -- no
medicine to treat sick dogs and cats. Please see
their story and check out their site:
http://helpingcubananimals.blogspot.com
December 29, 2010 U.N. Vote to
Condemn Cuba Embargo Isolates
U.S. in Hemisphere
Condemn Cuba Embargo Isolates
U.S. in Hemisphere
December 30, 2010 Wikileaks: Michael
Moore's documentary SICKO was
NOT banned in Cuba
Moore's documentary SICKO was
NOT banned in Cuba
January 22, 2011 Cuba bans all
outgoing mail to the United
States
outgoing mail to the United
States
April 1, 2011. Carter leaves Cuba
wtihout U.S. Contractor
wtihout U.S. Contractor
Sept 10, 2010 Castro says he
was Misinterpreted on
Cuban Economy
was Misinterpreted on
Cuban Economy
| Photos |
April 18, 2011 Castro Proposes
Setting Limits for Public Office
Setting Limits for Public Office
May 11, 2011 Cubans Will be
Allowed to Travel Abroad
Allowed to Travel Abroad
July 25, 2011 Castro and Chavez:
Their Last Hurrah.
Their Last Hurrah.
