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Cuba’s Revolutionary World

As Mao used to say, “The revolution is not a dinner party.” Fidel Castro provided the corollary. “But the counterrevolution” he said, “is always more cruel.”

I am Tourism/Yo Soy Turismo

“The past is never dead,” as William Faulkner and this website remind us, “It’s not even past.” We explore the endurance of the past in the present through ethnographic filmmaking. In January 2013, we traveled to Panama to observe and participate in the country’s growing tourism industry.

A Rare Phone Call from One President to Another

“Señor Presidente,” Lyndon Baines Johnson said via a long-distance telephone call from the Oval Office.  “We are very sorry over the violence which you have had down there but gratified that you have appealed to the Panamanian people to remain calm.”  President Johnson often talked politics on the phone but seldom with foreign leaders.

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