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Augsburg CGEE invites everyone to join award-winning Cuban journalist and filmmaker, Liz Oliva Fernández, for a screening and Q&A of two new Belly of the Beast documentaries!
Gracie Award-winning Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández will visit Augsburg University to present a new documentary film, Cuba in the Crosswinds [working title], produced by the independent media outlet, Belly of the Beast. Filmed this year in New Jersey and Washington D.C., Cuba in the Crosswinds exposes the economic and political interests driving U.S. policy toward Cuba under the Biden administration, which has mainly kept intact Trump’s “maximum pressure” sanctions on Cuba, fueling an unprecedented wave of migration from the island.
WHEN: November 2, 2-4 p.m.
WHERE: Kennedy Center 303A
WHO: Anyone! This event is free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by: Languages and Cross-Cultural Studies, Latinx Student Services, and Theater Arts.
**To request a reasonable accommodation for this event, please email Nichole at rohlfsen@augsburg.edu. While we will make every effort to provide accommodations, please allow one week advance notice in order to ensure accommodations are set up in time for the event.**