East of Havana
About this movie
- Synopsis
- Three talented hip-hop musicians struggle to make themselves heard in a repressive culture in this documentary from filmmakers Jauretsi Saizabitoria and Emilia Menocal....
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- Director(s)
- Jauretsi Saizarbitoria, Emilia Menocal
- Distributor(s)
- Sony
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 82 min.
Critic Reviews
East of Havana is a rare glimpse of everyday life in Cuba, where big questions and obstacles confront the rappers at seemingly every turn. Some of their lyrical criticism of the government is downright brave. The artists don't live in utter squalor, but are certainly impoverished by American standards.Read the full review
So much of American pop thrives on a bratty facsimile of courage that when you see the real deal, it's a revelation. East of Havana is the real deal.Read the full review
East of Havana picks at these politico-philosophical threads rather than pulling them, and the sense of a larger movement is fleeting. There's a beat, but we never quite see who's dancing to it.Read the full review
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