00:00 This September 9, the first chapter of the documentary series "Screams of Freedom"
00:06 by Cuban director Carlos Gabilondo was released in Miami.
00:09 Based on the testimony of five Cuban political ex-prisoners,
00:13 "Screams of Freedom" seeks to reflect the history of the struggle against the dictatorship in Cuba
00:18 from 1959 to the present.
00:21 What motivated me to say that freedom has just arrived in our country,
00:28 that there is no political presidium and that human rights prevail once and for all.
00:33 That is the main motivation that drives me to do this work.
00:38 When Gabilondo came to me, he had planned to make a documentary,
00:43 more like the San Isidro movement, these young artists.
00:47 And when he met me, I proposed to open the scope more,
00:52 to do something more inclusive, that included the new generations.
00:56 And that's when he came up with the idea of making a documentary series,
01:00 which is the first one we saw today.
01:02 The documentary was wonderful.
01:05 Those people who have been able to coordinate the different stages
01:12 of the fight for freedom in Cuba,
01:16 have a great merit, because they have a great sense of freedom
01:22 when considering all the parts equally.
01:25 I think this documentary can serve, first of all, as a denunciation
01:30 of what is actually the intrinsically perverse essence of the Cuban regime,
01:35 of what it is capable of doing to the citizens,
01:41 to the Cubans who dare to dissent and go against that regime of lies and oppression.
01:48 I think that Carlos, as an author, managed, by playing very hard and under a lot of sacrifice,
01:53 by showing his talent, to be where he is today.
01:57 And now he is making this documentary, which has a human, patriotic value,
02:03 and a denunciation for the entire Cuban people,
02:06 and so that the whole world knows what is happening in Cuba.
02:09 And not what happened in history, but what is happening today
02:12 in the Cuban prisons and police units.
02:19 All the decisions are being made to create a platform
02:23 so that the Cuban people have access to this documentary.
02:27 I think it will not be the only one, it will be one of the many,
02:32 which will make them full of energy and, as they say,
02:36 take to the streets and fight for their freedom.
02:39 If there is something that scares the communists in the whole world,
02:45 especially in the international forums, it is when they are asked about the political prisoners,
02:51 about the violations of their human rights,
02:54 because they can no longer justify so many lies, supposedly counter-revolutionary.
02:58 I think that the documentary can serve to maintain a little hope
03:03 that the situation is reversible, and it will be reversible thanks to Cubans
03:09 who will always challenge this oppressive and criminal regime.
03:15 The redaction will be extremely positive,
03:18 because here is the teaching that they were the firstborn,
03:22 it is a school, you understand?
03:24 And it is also a paradigm to follow these political prisoners,
03:27 who are more than political prisoners, they are Cuban heroes,
03:29 to whom the entire people of Cuba deserves great respect.
03:32 With the documentary, what I try and what I would like to do
03:36 is to contribute a grain of sand, as we Cubans say,
03:39 and that once and for all, all, at the beginning,
03:42 we raise our voices to end this dictatorship.
03:45 This documentary will play a powerful influence
03:51 on the awakening, on the awareness and on the formation of the people of Cuba.
03:56 The next one would be the figure of Ocuato Payá,
04:00 the next one would be the Ladies of Blanco,
04:03 and the next one, the 24th of February, at the Assembly.
04:06 And then, you interview me again and I tell you,
04:09 "Long live Cuba Libre, and long live the youth!"
04:12 (dramatic music)
04:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]
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