The cameraman in Cuba and the Cameraman is the indefatigable documentary filmmaker Jon Alpert, the director of the movie. The film begins inside a car in Havana in 2016, as the death of Fidel Castro is announced on state radio.
Jon Alpert’s movie is a personal examination of the ways in which Cuba changed and did not change over the course of 45 years of visiting and filming the stories of Cuban families; even accompanying Fidel Castro on one memorable trip to the United States. Alpert, a pioneering journalist and filmmaker, has reported from places like Vietnam, Cambodia, Iran, China, and Afghanistan and has made films for broadcast networks PBS and HBO.
CUBAN FILM FESTIVAL
The Minnesota Cuba Committee, in partnership with the Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul and the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), presents the 9th edition of the Minnesota Cuban Film Festival, screening on six consecutive Thursdays at the St. Anthony Main Theater in Minneapolis beginning on March 1 and closing on April 5.