Night Is Not Eternal

2024

Documentary

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IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 138 138

cuba political activism

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860.12 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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Reviewed by estoufflet 1 / 10

My house is made of optimism

Almost turned it off after a painful 40+ minutes devoid of any proper context regarding the historical climate and ideological forces in Cuba - until the Trump 'moment' and Nanfu clarifying what state sponsored capitalism is.What's so aggravating about this film is Nanfu doesn't bother giving us the political ideology or political party, The Christian Liberation Movement, of Rosa Maria's father, Oswaldo. All we get is the usual bromides of "he fought for Democracy, "liberte", Freedom, et al." and no clear definition by the filmmaker or her subject on what those mean. Nor did we get any substantive idea on what his petition was and what ideological forces supported it.Most worrisome is we don't even get a peak at who's funding Maria, who somehow has infinite capital to travel between the states, Cuba, and end up with 1 on 1 meetings with POTUS (cough the federalist society and right wing non-profits).There are by far more interesting people to interview in Cuba who don't have any capital or political economy, yet we never ever hear from them in this film. But I guess a car following them needs to take up 10 mins of this film to show the paranoia of Maria?Then the film ends on the sort of juvenile angst form of idealism in which dissenting to dissent is the truest form of freedom. How is this no different than the Trotskyists????Tldr: the liberal filmmaker gain concious and is somehow surprised that a Cuban national in Miami is actually conservative. Wow, only if there was decades of precedent.
Reviewed by professionalfilmcriticsarelame 3 / 10

Don't let the start of this doc fool you

This movie almost tricked me into thinking it was actually advocating for the end of communism everywhere. Sadly, the filmmaker doesn't recognize what the real threat to freedom is in America and who is really advocating for the suppression of speech and totalitarian media. It's too bad too because Rosa Paya is doing fantastic and brave work for her country and I doubt she would have agreed to this if she had known it would minimize the communism in America so much. I highly recommend skipping this documentary entirely and instead looking into Rosa Paya's incredible work for Cuba, which she has clearly committed to continuing for the rest of her hopefully long life.
Reviewed by burntorangeboy 9 / 10

Insightful look into the dark world of communism

The harsh world of communism inside of Cuba and, somewhat top, of China, are exposed in this sad yet inspired work of Paya. You are brought into life in Cuba where.times are harsh, life is tough, those who question the government are harassed and can be killed. For those who have not been exposed to life in modern Cuba, it is eye opening! This is a good exposure for any American who may not understand how communism works and how the governments evolve. This is a stark picture and shows the limited life and lack of freedom in the lives of those herein. The film is interesting and the cinematography is spectacular.
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