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DREAM HAVANA

USA, 2006, 81 min., Spanish, English.

Director: Gary Marks
Producer: Gary Marks
Cinemantogrpher: Ernesto Granados, Michael Digioia
Editing: Maximilla Lukacs, Jamie Lee Godfrey
Music: Descemer Bueno, Blake Sloane, Shane Salois, Tim Daisy, Gary Marks
Sound: Experimental Sound Studio
Production company: Hexagram Productions
Print source:
Gary Marks
1528 N. Milwaukee
Chicago IL 60622
Tel: 773 208 3636
Email: garmar10@earthlink.net
www.dreamhavanamovie.com


Dream Havana

In August 1994, more than 33,000 Cubans attempted to escape the island by sea. Two writers, friends since adolescence, are faced with a choice-continue struggling with the hardships of the island or brave the open water on a homemade raft. Ernesto Santana chooses Cuba, Jorge Mota chooses sea. This is the story of their struggles, their successes and the friendship that binds them. Filmed on location in Cuba, the U.S. and Mexico.

Gary Marks was born in Chicago. He was a successful antique dealer here for many years. But in 1996 he decidet to return to his first love which was music. That decision brought him to Cuba where he had the great good fortune to begin studying again with a wonderful teacher in Havana. From that experience and the people he met, the idea for his film arose.

Filmography:

Dream Havana (2006), documentary film debut.

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