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Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes (2019)
Directed by Michael Chanan
Documentary · 1h 10m
A film about the elements – hurricanes and rain, the sea and the earth. About a fishing port on the north coast of Cuba which has seen better days. About the effects of climate across the centuries in a Caribbean island sucked into global markets for its commodity crops. How sugar changed the landscape, through deforestation and soil exhaustion. About the collapse of sugar and the encroachment of a new commodity market – tourism. About the growing threat from climate change, and the move towards reforestation, ecotourism and sustainable farming.
Crew
- Director
- Michael Chanan
- Producer
- Jean Stubbs, Jonathan Curry
Details
- Release date
- 2019-12-10
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish