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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Louisville, KY
Friday, May 19 | 7:00PM
1227 Logan St, Louisville, KY -
Oaks, PA
Friday, May 22 | 7:30PM
Oaks Center Cinema | 180 Mill Rd, Oaks, PA -
Wilmington, CA
Saturday, May 23
IAM (International Association of Machinists) Union Hall | 1261 Avalon Blvd. Wilmington, CA -
Burlington, VT
Monday, May 25 | 3:30PM
Marsh Life Sciences | Benedict Auditorium, 109 Carrigan Drive, Room 235, Burlington, VT -
Kansas City, MO
Tuesday, May 26
Stray Cat Film Center | 1662 Broadway Boulevard, Kansas City, MO
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Cambridge, MA
Friday, May 29 | 7:00PM
St. James Parish Hall | 1991 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
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Canberra, Australia
Saturday, May 30
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Philadelphia, PA
Sunday, May 31 | 6:00PM
Vox Populi | 319 N 11th St Third Floor, Philadelphia, PA
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Nottingham, UK
Tuesday, June 16 | 6:00PM
Mammoth - A Climate Action Cinema | 25 Broad St, Nottingham NG1 3AP, United Kingdom -
Westminster, MD
Sunday, July 26 | 1:30PM
256 E. Green Street, Westminster, MD
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Vancouver, BC
Monday, September 14
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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.
