Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories (2000): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 2000, Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories is a documental film directed by Pam Sporn, running about 57 minutes.

What it’s about. This documentary traces the tangled paths and multifaceted identity of a black Cuban family in the Bronx. The subjects of this film experienced firsthand some of the great historical events of the 20th century – they saw Castro’s arrival in Havana and had their neighborhood bombed in the Bay of Pigs invasion; one son fought in Vietnam and a daughter marched against it. Both working-class and professional, black and Latino, foreign and native, Spanish-speaking and English-speaking, the family is shown in the constant process of negotiating its identity. On their arrival in Miami, the family immediately encountered racial segregation, and as children in a mixed Puerto Rican/African-American neighborhood in the Bronx, they were forced by their playmates to choose their identity: “Are you black or Spanish?” Even the family’s roots in Cuba are complex - the grandfather was the son of Jamaican immigrants to Cuba – and their relation to the Cuban Revolution is ambiguous.

Who’s in it. Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories stars Pablo Elliot Foster as Narrator.

How it landed. With an audience score of 10.0/10, Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories page.

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