¡NO ES FÁCIL MI'JA!

It's not Easy, Mi'ja!

España. 2008. Color. 28 min. Documental. Vídeo.
  • Film Director: Eva Ariño Alejandre; Roger Caubet.
  • Producer: Eva Ariño Alejandre.
Sandra is preparing the ingredients she needs to cook conger-eel rice. In the meantime, Alexis is making one of his inventions. They're from Guanabacoa, a neighbourhood in Havana resided by Cubans who use national currency and ride bicycles. They don't work for a foreign enterprise, they don't have any contact with tourists or any relatives in the USA, so they'll have to rack their brains to get what they need. How will they find the ingredient they lack? Who will they have to talk to? How will it be solved? In order to find the answer to these questions, we must understand why 'invent' and 'solve' are vitally important verbs in Cuba.

Eva Ariño Alejandre
'No es fácil mi'ja' (2008)/ 'Cloaca sin ley' (2009)
Roger Caubet