On New Year's Day 1959, Havana woke up to the rapidly spreading rumors that Fidel Castro and his band of bearded revolutionaries had defeated Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Castro would soon emerge as Cuba's new leader, and life would never be the same for her six million citizens.

Under Castro's watch, the Cuban people endured one of the greatest social upheavals in the Western Hemisphere. He instituted revolutionary reforms so radical and pervasive that little by little he managed to alienate members of nearly every sector of the Cuban population - from the wealthy land and business owners, to the professional class, to the blue-collar laborers, and finally the poor.

Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution unleashed one of the largest migrations to the United States in history. Since he took control of Cuba in in 1959, over 1.5 million Cubans have left their homeland for the United States, and the numbers continue to grow.

Voices from Cuba is a feature-length documentary film that explores the roots of this migration through the eyes of the people who lived it.

We interweave the incredible stories of Cubans swept up in the social upheaval and turmoil of this historic time, set against the height of the the Cold War, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Pedro Pan exodus of over 14,000 children without their parents, and the horrific days the world came to the brink of nuclear war.

Through their eyes, we explore an immigration that has forever changed the shape and texture of both Cuba and the United States. While only ninety miles of water separate the two countries, a vast sea of political differences have ripped families apart, altered history forever, and continues to make the headlines today.

Voices from Cuba is a telling portrait of a people trapped in a kind of limbo - floating in a sea between the two countries they love. The United States has become their home, but Cuba will always be their homeland.

NARRATED BY ANDY GARCIA
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY THOMAS MILLER
PRODUCED BY BIG PICTURES MEDIA
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