“Me Dicen Cuba" is a documentary that reflects the thinking of part of the Cuban musical forefront of the times, on universal values such as homeland, The family, music, love, friendship, heroism and peace .
Of all the arts, the only one that doesn’t exist is music. Music doesn’t exist. It only exists in the minds and imaginations of men and women. Music begins where words end. It is with these words that the master musician and composer Sergio Vitier begins the narration of “They Tell Me Cuba,” a documentary film that explores the unique experience and outlook of prominent musicians in Cuba today on subjects of universal concern such as, music, peace, love, friendship, family, community and nation. With, among more than 70 musicians, Digna Guerra, Sergio Vitier, Vicente Feliú, Lázaro García, Kiki Corona, Amaury Pérez, Raúl Paz, Luna Manzanares, Vania Borges, Baby Lores, Tanmy López, Yadira Estruch, the Buena Fe duet, Paulo FG, Héctor Gutierrez, Silvio Rodriguez.
Moderator:
Rosa Grillo is a public relations professional and principal consultant of Grillo & Company, a marketing and communications firm specializing in marketing strategies, community engagement, multicultural campaigns, branding, and media relations. Her specialty is promoting initiatives that strengthen communities. She developed a global perspective on problem solving in 2006 when she studied social entrepreneurship at INSEAD, an international graduate business school.
Grillo has a long record of involvement in the small and minority business community. She has served as chair of the board of Unity Health Care, Inc., and as a board member of WPFW radio and the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Panelist:
Bill Gentile began in 1977 as reporter for the Mexico City News and correspondent for United Press International (UPI) based in Mexico City. He covered the 1979 Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua. He spent two years as editor on UPI's Foreign Desk in New York, then moved to Nicaragua and became Newsweek Magazine's Contract Photographer for Latin America and the Caribbean. His book of photographs, "Nicaragua," won the Overseas Press Club Award for Excellence. He covered the U.S.-backed Contra War in Nicaragua and the Salvadoran Civil War in the 1980s; the U.S. invasion of Panama; the 1994 invasion of Haiti, the ongoing conflict with Cuba, the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He's also worked in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Chad, Angola, Rwanda and Burundi.
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