Mira Havana

This bitter-sweet series captures Havana in a state of flux as once, Cuba began to open to foreign influences. Then the Trump government shut its door and the pandemic added another barrier around the island. Nevertheless, this lure of possible growth remains unreachable for most of its inhabitants. Some streets receive occasional cosmetic repair but everywhere else, houses often crumble and life remains a daily struggle. Young people train their bodies in the hope of a favorable exile; anywhere but elsewhere in search of the utopian million-dollar note that adorns a watch repair shop. Meanwhile, the stage is being reset; vehement old signs of "Socialism Or Death" are moving to the background, making space for homemade Disney icons with mandatory smiles, bringing out the discrepancy between the tired hopes of the population and a dire state of things.