Documentaries
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From Gaza to Cuba
While his family and friends face the daily onslaught of Israel’s bombing in Gaza, Murid Abukhater attempts to focus on his studies so he can return home and help save lives.
Murid is one of hundreds of Palestinian doctors, many from Gaza, training for free at Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM).
Learn more about Murid and his story in the new documentary, From Gaza to Gaza.
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The War on Cuba
This award-winning documentary series executive-produced by Oliver Stone and Danny Glover takes an in-depth look at the economic war waged by the U.S. government on the Cuban people.
Across six episodes, Liz Oliva Fernández’s intimate and incisive reporting opens our eyes to an issue that has received scant coverage by major media outlets in the United States.
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Uphill On the Hill
Liz Oliva Fernández travels to Washington, D.C., to find out why Joe Biden has embraced Donald Trump’s Cold War-era policy toward Cuba, devastating the island’s economy and fueling unprecedented migration.
Through interviews with experts, Oliva Fernández shows how a handful of extremist Cuban-American politicians have dictated U.S. policy towards Cuba, such as designating Cuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism without any evidence.
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Hardliner on the Hudson
Liz Oliva Fernández visits Union City, New Jersey, where embattled Sen. Bob Menendez rose to political power.
Speaking to local journalists, organizers, business owners and prominent Cuban-Americans, Liz looks into Menendez' political history, revealing the disconnect between his constituents and his hardline Cuba policy.
She finds a community all but ready to leave the past, and Menendez, behind.
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Little League Dreams: Cuba's Road to Williamsport
Baseball has long connected Cuba and the United States. But baseball-crazy Cuba has never sent a team to the Little League World Series – until now.
Little League Dreams follows Cuba’s top little leaguers as they overcome family hardships in the midst of a crushing economic crisis while they shoulder the weight of their families’ – and their country’s – expectations.
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Chris Smalls Goes to Cuba
Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls went to Cuba for May Day 2023. But his fight to change U.S. policy toward the island didn’t stop there.
Named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2022, Smalls grabbed international headlines during the pandemic for organizing Amazon employees into the first independent, worker-led union in U.S. history.
Follow Chris and a delegation of young U.S. labor leaders around Havana.
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Safe at Home: A Cuban Ballplayer’s Journey
Like hundreds of Cuban baseball players, Roberto Hernández left his country in pursuit of the “American dream.” He signed a $320,000 deal with an MLB team and soon was blowing away batters in the Dominican Summer League.
But money and professional success didn’t bring him happiness, so Robert made a surprising decision – to return to Cuba.