Cuba After Castro
The Island in the Crosshairs
Directed by Matt Belen & Abby MartinIn the first and only American interview with President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba After Castro explores the island’s revolutionary history and turbulent present, while revealing a portrait of the man tasked with steering its future.
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Friday, July 3 | 6:30PM
Wildseed Centre for Art & Activism | 24 Cecil St, Toronto, ON M5T 1N2, Canada
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Fort Wayne, IN
Thursday, July 9 | 6:00PM
Allen County Public Library | 900 Library Plz, Fort Wayne, IN
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Melbourne, Australia
Thursday, July 9 | 6:00PM
Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre | 251 Faraday St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia
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Machynlleth, Wales, UK
Thursday, July 9 | 7:00PM
The Old Pizzeria at The Wynnstay Hotel | 43 Church St, Oswestry SY11 2SZ, United Kingdom
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Melbourne, Australia
Friday, July 10 | 6:00PM
Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre | 251 Faraday St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia
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Munich, Germany
Monday, July 13 | 5:00PM
Barrio Olga Benario | Schlierseestr. 21, Munich, Germany
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Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
Friday, July 17 | 7:00PM
Theatr Arad Goch Aberystwyth | Bath St, Aberystwyth SY23 2NN, United Kingdom
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Dublin, Ireland
Thursday, July 23 | 7:00PM
The New Theatre | 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, Dublin, 2, Ireland
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Gothenburg, Sweden
Thursday, July 23
Expen | Andra Långgatan 20, 413 28 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Westminster, MD
Sunday, July 26 | 1:30PM
256 E. Green Street, Westminster, MD
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Monday, July 27 | 7:30PM
Kingston Community House | 99 York Street, Kingston, ON, K7K 1P9
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Greenfield, MA
Thursday, July 30 | 12:15PM
Greenfield Garden Cinemas | 361 Main St, Greenfield, MA
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Los Alamos, NM
Saturday, August 29
SALA Event Center | 2551 Central Avenue, Los Alamos, NM
The Directors
Abby Martin
Abby Martin is an American journalist and former host of flagships shows on teleSUR and RT America. She is the founder and director of several media organizations, including The Empire Files, an investigative documentary series about US imperialism. Over her career she has interviewed countless heads of state, academics and politicians. In 2019 she released her debut feature film, Gaza Fights For Freedom, which has been called the definitive “crash course” on Palestine. Her new film Earth’s Greatest Enemy (2025), about the environmental impact of the US military, is on a directors tour now. Her uncompromising style has made her a standard-bearer of advocacy journalism, and one of the most well-known alternative media figures in the country.
Matthew Belen
Matthew Belen is a Dominican documentary filmmaker from New York City. With a strong background in news and documentary post-production, he’s worked as an editor for Vice News, Buzzfeed, Conde Nast, as well as various docu-serieses like The Vow and How To: With John Wilson. In recent years he’s focused his skills on telling stories that highlight movements for social and political justice both past and present. He’s spent the last 5 years helping to build BreakThrough News into a bastion of anti-imperialist and movement-focused media. His most recent claim to fame was as lead producer for The Encampments (2025), which premiered at CPH-DOX in Coppenhaggen and broke the box office record for highest per-theater-average for a documentary on its opening weekend.
While the U.S. government economically strangles and threatens war on Cuba, most people here know very little about the neighbor they’re told to hate. Moving beyond the stereotypes, this film investigates the actual social and political reality of modern Cuba through the biography of its new leader. This is essential viewing for anyone seeking to comprehend the real pressures shaping Cuba and the uncertain future of U.S.-Cuba relations.
