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Habaneros: You Say You Want a Revolution? Part One

Two-part film capturing the mood of Havana and its people, the Habaneros, at a pivotal moment in time. They share their experience of life in this extraordinary city.

Raul Castro has recently stepped down as president of Cuba, almost 60 years after his brother Fidel and a small band of bearded cigar-smoking guerrillas entered the capital Havana and changed the lives of their people forever.

Using extraordinary and previously unseen archive footage, and shot over the past three years, Julien Temple's two-part film captures the mood of Havana and its people - the Habaneros - at a pivotal moment in time. They share their experience of life in this extraordinary city - the highs and lows, the exhilaration and the suffering. It's a rollercoaster ride from Spanish colony to republic to revolution to the precarious present. Fidel is dead, Obama's hand of friendship is withdrawn and as the US blockade continues to strangle the economy, Havana is literally falling apart.

1 hour, 3 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
WriterJulien Temple
DirectorJulien Temple
ProducerJulien Temple
ProducerAndrew Curtis
ProducerRichard Conway
Executive ProducerAlan Yentob
Executive ProducerJeremy Thomas
Executive ProducerAna Maria Cuesta
Executive ProducerHelen J Dyson
Director of photographyStephen Organ
EditorCaroline Richards
Sound SupervisorBen Young
Re-recording mixerAndrew Stirk
Assistant EditorLeo Temple
ProducerKaty Woods
ProducerMildrey Ruiz
Production CompanyEssential Nitrate Havana Limited

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