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An older man in the street says socialism has ensured that the people don’t starve. Basic food is available to all citizens. No other South American country can claim this. Fidel Castro is a hero to the older Cubans.
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An older man in the street says socialism has ensured that the people don’t starve. Basic food is available to all citizens. No other South American country can claim this. Fidel Castro is a hero to the older Cubans.
This clip shows an older Cuban man wheeling a television along the street in a wheelbarrow. As he walks, he talks to an interviewer (who is offscreen) about how 'the revolution feeds us’. The conversation, conducted in Spanish, has been translated into English subtitles. Shots of people queuing for food are shown as a narrator (filmmaker David Bradbury) describes the scarcity of basic foods in Cuba. These shots are followed by a scene in a fruit market, with a voice-over by the Cuban man. On camera, the man expresses his belief that although life is difficult, better times are bound to come. He refers to President Fidel Castro as being 'like a God to us’.
This clip starts approximately 15 minutes into the documentary.
A Cuban man wheels a television along the street in a wheelbarrow. He is interviewed by filmmaker David Bradbury via a translator. His responses are subtitled on screen.
Man It feeds us.
Translator What does it feed you?
Man Well, it gives us all the food we need. We get a lot of food, a lot of fruit, a lot of meat. We don’t have any hardship. We’re not living in abject poverty.
Filmmaker David Bradbury narrates over various shots of food rations being distributed.
David The state still guarantees every Cuban a basic food ration every month, but it’s not enough to fill the belly. Still, no-one starves in Cuba. That’s a proud boast no other South American country can make.
Various shots of people shopping at a market. The older man continues to be interviewed.
Man The revolution has done a lot for the poor. There are few countries like this. This country has an average life expectancy of 60 to 70. I’m 73 now and I’d eat like a lion if you put it in front of me at the right time. (Laughs). I’d better get going. I have to go quite far. Transport is very scarce and expensive these days. So no one can afford to spend a lot of money on it. We do it out of necessity, but better times will come. There’s a man who is like God to us…Fidel!
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