Cuba’s Eternal Night (La noche eterna de Cuba)
What happened in Cuba two years after the glorious national rebellion of July 11, 2021, which was brutally crushed by the regime with violence and repression?
Those who miraculously escaped imprisonment and persecution speak courageously before the camera in a country that is sinking, with no glimmer of hope except for the desperate urge to flee, by any means necessary. A bankrupt society, abandoned to its fate, without the solidarity or support of the nationals and foreigners who once placed their faith in a doomed and corrupt ideology.
Cuba’s Eternal Night follows 5 Cubans over the span of 2 years as they struggle with government repression, scarcity of food and medicine, and the biggest mass exodus the island has ever experienced.
Film followed by Q&A session
Expected guests
Jordan Allot
Jordan Allott is a documentary filmmaker and founder of In Altum Productions (IAP). With over 35 countries on his filmmaking resume—from China and Syria to Nigeria and Cuba—his work explores themes ranging from international human rights and American politics to Catholic spirituality.
Luis Alvarez
Videography, Audio tech, Certified Drone Operator
Born in Bogota, Colombia, Luis studied film directing at the New York Film Academy. Luis’s extensive production experience includes working with IAP for over 12 years. Traveled to Cuba to carry out interviews for Cuba’s Eternal Night documentary.
Yoe Suárez is a writer, producer, and journalist, exiled from Cuba due to his investigative reporting about themes like torture, political prisoners, government black lists, cybersurveillance, and freedom of expression and conscience. He is the author of the books “Leviathan: Political Police and Socialist Terror” and “El Soplo del Demonio: Violence and Gangsterism in Havana.”
Ariadna Mena Rubio
Ariadna Mena Rubio is a long time Cuban human rights activist, and labor union activist, who suffered detentions and harassment from Cuba's secret police. In Cuba she was a member of the Confederación de Trabajadores Independiente de Cuba (CTIC) and the Asociación Sindical Independiente de Cuba (ASIC). Prior to being exiled, she had traveled outside of Cuba to denounce the human rights situation in the island, and returned home to the island. She appears in the documentary, Cuba’s Eternal Night, where her odyssey to obtain asylum in the United States is highlighted.
John Suarez
John Suarez is a human rights activist and executive director of the Center for a Free Cuba and a former program officer for Latin America Programs at Freedom House.
Tickets available here: eventbrite.com/e/dc-premiere-
Visit the documentary's website here: cubaseternalnight.com
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