Monday, October 24, 2016

Mariela Castro’s March: Cuba’s LGBT Revolution

So here's the latest HBO Documentary project that should be on your radar.  Mariela Castro’s March: Cuba’s LGBT Revolution follows the crusade of Mariela Castro, Raul Castro’s daughter (and Fidel Castro’s niece), to establish equal rights for LGBT Cubans, and examines the cultural and institutional homophobia that gay men faced throughout much of the Cuban Revolution, when they were often put into work camps. 

Emmy winner Jon Alpert (HBO’s Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq) directs and the film premieres in late November.