Showing posts with label documentary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label documentary. Show all posts

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Celebrating Life in Union

A story of resilience and brotherhood.



Our Story

Celebrating Life in Union is a 90-minute documentary (in post-production) of human resilience, community, and brotherhood. It follows a group of former Cuban political prisoners through their memory of imprisonment, physical and mental tortures and their half-century fight with the aging Castro regime. Having developed a strong community for themselves that now crosses three generations in Union City, NJ they struggle with the realization that their own mortality may come before they can return to their homeland.




Our intension is to give a platform to this group of courageous men and to send a message to the world that human rights and, and freedom of speech are a priceless commodity that should never be lost under any circumstance.

What We Need & What You Get


We have shot over 30 hours of footage in Union City New Jersey with these courageous men, their community, friends and families. We are in the post-production stage of the documentary. For this particular campaign we are trying to raise $3,500 for the post-production of the documentary.

Each supporter that gives $1,000 will receive a single credit thank you title in the credits of the film, and a copy of the edited documentary.

A $100 dollar donation gives each supported a copy of the edited documentary an invitation to events related to the documentary

Supporters from $50 and up will receive a copy of the edited documentary.

Supporters from $25 and up will receive special thanks from the producers, and information about the events related to the documentary.

Other Ways You Can Help

Please, please donate and get the word out. We need all the help we can get to finish and help. 

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  • Thursday, January 20, 2011

    Movie confronts Cuba's human rights record


    There was a time, thankfully long, long ago, when Fidel Castro was the rage.

    On Nov. 16, 1961, while speaking at the University of Washington's centennial convocation, President Kennedy was greeted by student protesters waving signs that read, "No more sugar trust invasions" and "Fair play for Cuba" (for a detailed account of Kennedy's Seattle speech, see Greg Lange's 1999 HistoryLink essay). It was the era of decolonization and CIA covert ops. In 1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista was deposed by a 30-something revolutionary with a utopian vision.

    It was Edenic, at least for the first couple of weeks.

    In his 2010 memoir,  Hitch-22, former lefty Christopher Hitchens tracks his growing disillusionment with the Cuban experiment after participating in a work camp for young revolutionaries and witnessing the Castro regime's posturing during the 1968 Prague Spring. Fast forward a few decades and Cuba is a Batista redux. Human rights abuses are fixed in amber.

    With promising democratic revolutions taking place (think Tunisia), it might be useful to revisit the human rights record of our imprisoned neighbors to the south. On Friday, Jan. 21, the University of Washington presents the Northwest premiere of "Oscar's Cuba," a documentary about Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, who made the mistake of flagging Cuban human rights abuses and was rewarded with a 25-year prison sentence. Director Jordan Allott will introduce the film followed by a panel discussion. Admission is free.

    By Pete Jackson

    The Oscar's Cuba documentary "sneak peek"


    If you go: "Oscar's Cuba," Friday Jan. 21, 2011 6:30 pm Kane Hall 210. Hosted by the UW Center for Human Rights. Sponsored by the Give2Cuba Project of the Seattle International Foundation, in cooperation with the Seattle Latino Film Festival, the UW's Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the UW'S Simpson Center for the Humanities.

    From: Crosscut Tout



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