March 30, 2008

Did anyone go see Curazao last night?

I just read about this movie, Curazao, at El Nuevo Herald. It was shown last night at 8 PM at the Teatro Tower in Miami.

Curazao, directed and produced by Agustín Blázquez, is about the history of highly qualified Cuban laborers who must work 16 hour shifts in Cuaracao's shipyards. For this work, they receive just $16 per MONTH from the Cuban government, administered by the Netherlands Antilles. Think about this: 16 hours/day, 5 days/week (assuming it's just 5), 4 weeks/month = 320 hours/month at $16/month = $0.05/hour. That's right, FIVE CENTS PER HOUR.

The movie focuses on Alberto Rodriguez Licea and Fernando Alonso who were contracted to work in Curacao until they escaped into exile in the United States.


''Estamos ante una pieza de denuncia que muestra cómo la dictadura de La Habana envía mano de obra barata a ultramar obteniendo ganancias netas de un trabajo casi esclavo''

"This is a piece that shows how the dictatorship in Havana sends cheap labor overseas, making net profits from work that is practically slave labor."

- Alejandro Ríos

Apparently Curazao is the sixth part of a series called Covering Cuba that Blázquez has been directing and producing since 1995. Its goal is to show the reality of Cuba which is overlooked by the MSM.

If any of you saw the movie last night, I'd love to hear what you thought.

Posted by Monica at March 30, 2008 10:19 AM

Comments

Which reminds one of the old Soviet joke.

"Under Capitalism, man exploits man. Under Socialism, it's the reverse."

Posted by: GringoTex [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 30, 2008 03:14 PM


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