(Jose Marti Airport. Photographed by Estevan Oriol for East of Havana) Behold! President Barack Obama has eased travel restrictions to Cuba with a policy change signed into law this month. The few Florida travel agents that booked Cuban flights now have phones ringing off the hook. Some agents claim the demand is so big that… Read more

This past Christmas, I went home to Miami where one of my parents always schools me on an old Cuban flick. Here’s one worth searching out. The Death of a Bureaucrat is directed by one of Cuba’s most famous Directors called Tomas Gutierrez Alea, the same guy who directed Fresa y Chocolate (Strawberries & Chocolate)… Read more

Beyond History is a new photo book on Cuba. The collection of portraits were taken in Havana from 1998 to 2006. It’s Poetic Documentary vs Dirty Realism. The book is layed out in the spirit of a Cuban-Peter-Beard-style Journal, with snapshots and scribbles rubbed up against each other. The Photos, Artwork, Collages, and Texts are… Read more

It’s been almost a decade getting this puppy out the gates. I’ve had my eye on this project for some time — back when there were 3 competing projects in Hollywood — Terrence Malick, Brett Ratner, and Steven Soderbergh. Brett’s project fell off. Then Terrence Malicks script was going to directed by Soderbergh. I dont… Read more