Cuba, an isolated island nation, rebuilt its quality of life following the collapse of cheap oil, supplied by the former Soviet Union. This fascinating and empowering film shows how communities pulled together, created solutions, and ultimately thrived in spite of their decreased dependence on imported energy.

The films of Cuban director Santiago Alvarez exist as a kind of fractured mirror on the last 40 years of American history - a subversive alternate history. A film career that began only with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and continued until his death in 1998. This is a compilation of his films: Now, Cerro Pelado, Hanoi Martes 13, Hasta la Victoria Siempre, L.B.J., 79 Primaveras, El Sueno del Pongo and El Tigre Saltó y Mató... Morirá... Morirá.

This is one of the first films in pre-revolutionary Cuba, whose protagonists are not professional actors, which portrays the poverty of the coal workers and attempts to change their working conditions. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show