You are invited to…
Three Screenings and Q & A of Two Belly of the Beast Documentaries That Explore What Is Driving Cuba Policy Under President Biden
Presented by Liz Oliva Fernandez
An Award-Winning Cuban Journalist & Filmmaker
Screening Dates, Times, & Locations
All Screenings are Free and Open to the Public
Tuesday – October 24th, 2023 from 6:30 PM – 8 PM
at the Milwaukee Liberation Center – 1029 W. Historic Mitchell Street – Milwaukee, WI
Wednesday – October 25th, 2023 from 1:30 PM – 3 PM
in Rooms M612 / M614 of the MATC Downtown Main Building – 1015 N. 6th Street – Milwaukee, WI
Co-sponsored by Marquette University's Center for Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies (REIS) and the MATC World Language Department
Wednesday – October 25th, 2023 from 5 PM – 6:30 PM
in the UWM Student Union – Room E240 (near the Union Cinema) – 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. – Milwaukee, WI
https://www.facebook.com/events/1374046110199763/1374233003514407
The documentary’s presenter, Liz Oliva Fernández, is a Cuban journalist, feminist, and anti-racist activist who received the prestigious Gracie Award in 2021 alongside a host of celebrities, including Kerry Washington and Lena Waithe.
In 2021 she was also a co-winner of a One World Media Award, besting BBC and Al Jazeera, as well as a Telly Award for her groundbreaking work presenting, reporting, and producing The War on Cuba docuseries.
Liz's courageous and hard-hitting investigative journalism reveals the devastating impact of U.S. sanctions on the Cuban people, offering a rarely-seen nuanced perspective on Cuba and U.S. – Cuba relations.
Belly of the Beast is an innovative U.S.-based media outlet that tells Cuba’s untold stories through hard-hitting journalism and stunning cinematography. Since launching in early 2020, Belly of the Beast has become the go-to source for news and information about Cuba for young people in the United States.
Breaking with the practice of parachute journalism, Belly of the Beast is pioneering a new model of collaboration among Cuban and U.S.-based journalists and filmmakers, bringing greater awareness, and understanding of the complex realities of Cuba and U.S. – Cuba relations through incisive, compelling, and transformative documentary journalism and films.
Belly of the Beast’s work has been featured in numerous outlets, including The New York Review of Books, The Hill, The Nation, ESPN, Democracy Now!, and the Miami New Times, among others.
The visit is coordinated by the Wisconsin Cuba Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba – www.wicuba.org – in cooperation with sponsors at each event.
For more information, contact wicubacoalition@gmail.com
Additional Events Related to Cuba
Saturday – October 21st, 2023
12 noon – 1 PM: Stand for Peace focusing on US/ Cuba relations at Capitol Drive and Oakland Avenue – Milwaukee, WI. and prior to the Nov. 1st – 2nd, 2023 debate and vote on the UN General Assembly resolution telling the US to end the embargo/blockade on Cuba.
November 1st – 2nd, 2023
The international "24 hour Global Online Picket" in support of the UN's consideration of the resolution calling for the US to end the embargo/blockade on Cuba
For more information on the “24 hour Global Online Picket,” click on the following links:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1311887936128739
and
https://youtu.be/5c-PNdhcdQ4?feature=shared
Thank you!
For more information on all events, contact:
Art Heitzer – artheitzer@gmail.com (he/him)
414.628.2547 (Mobile Phone)