A New Documentary Chronicles the Decay of Small-Town Cuba
The filmmaker returned home to find the town he grew up in disappearing, even as its artists continue to build a legacy.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on Latin America's space race When Christopher Columbus and his crew glimpsed Cuba for the first time in October 1492, the lush terrain they likely saw included a stretch of land known today as Gibara. This small town is the subject of Cuban filmmaker Armando Capó’s latest documentary, The Land of the Whale. Capó grew up in Gibara but left as a young man for Havana to pursue filmmaking. Many years later, he returned home armed with a camera and a sound recorder, assuming the role of an encyclopedic historian and hoping to record...
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