Selected Film
" Free by Right" is a documentary that collects the testimonies of fourteen relatives of Cuban political prisoners along with the intervention of public spaces by fourteen urban artists who were shocked after listening to the life stories. The families who have shared their testimonies in " Free by Right" reconstruct the peaceful protests that occurred on July 11, 2021, how the demonstrators were imprisoned and later convicted in rigged trials where sentences were handed down in advance. The urban artists who participate mix their work with the testimonies and the work that results from this union is the personal interpretation of the suffering they perceived from the protagonists. " Free by Right" is a historical reconstruction narrated by its victims. " Free by Right" is a documentary that collects the testimonies of fourteen relatives of Cuban political prisoners along with the intervention of public spaces by thirteen urban artists who were shocked after listening to the life stories. In 27:57 minutes, divided into four parts: Facts, Demonstrators, Convicted/Tortured and Free by Right , the events that occurred on July 11 and the government's response are narrated. In "Facts" your protagonists reconstruct the event from the cities where they live, how did they find out what was happening? How did they join? They all count from their experience prior to July 11, hence the diversity of criteria. Jenny Taboada, mother of the political prisoner, with her initial testimony encapsulates the spirit of the material and of many of the young people who took to the streets that day. She is the common thread of all the material. "Demonstrators" is an attempt to biograph him, to tell the viewer who they were before July 11. In "Convicted/Tortured" the testimonies cover the horror of political imprisonment in Cuba and the sentences with the faces of the political prisoners mixed with the urban artists who leave not only the creative process or the finished work but also their messages of support. In the fourth part that he gives his name to all the material, " Free by Right", the message is one of hope. Jenny Taboada closes again, but she is not the only one. Each father, mother or wife becomes a spokesperson for the longings for freedom of their prisoners and they project a different future.
Duration: 00:27:57
Country of Origin: Cuba
Language: Spanish
Director(s): Kirenia Yalit Nuñez Perez, Helman Avelle
Writer(s): María Matienzo Puerto
Producer(s): Kirenia Yalit Nuñez Perez
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