A rare glimpse of everyday life in Cuba, where big questions and obstacles confront the rappers at seemingly every turn.
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03/08/07
East of Havana (2007)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:7
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.4/10
Theatrical Release:Feb 2, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Set in a Cuban ghetto, this documentary explores the coming-of-age of three poor young rappers struggling to make social change and save their futures through lyrics instead of violence.
Director: Emilia Menocal, Jauretsi Saizabitoria
Reviews for East of Havana
1 - 7 (sorted by date)
Top CriticThere's a beat, but we never quite see who's dancing to it.
02/07/07
Top CriticThe film makes an ironic point about Cuba: This is a land where the grandparents are revolutionaries (or at least say they are) but the kids are yearning for capitalist globalization.
02/02/07
Top CriticEast of Havana celebrates Cuban rappers who tell the truth in a country that muzzles free speech.
02/02/07
Top CriticThis alternately meditative and emotive documentary uses three Havana rappers as a vehicle in which to explore the struggles and frustrations of young Cubans surviving amid a crumbling revolution.
02/01/07
Top CriticA vital look at Cuba's tenaciously grassroots hip-hop scene.
01/30/07
Top CriticJauretsi Saizarbitoria's and Emilia Menocal's film serves as a metaphor about artistic freedom and wiliness.
11/04/06
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