POV Season 31

Trailer | 09/02/2018 | 3 Mins

Revealing stark realities for the poorest of rural Cubans with unique access and empathy, this is the story of a 30-something mother of four longing for a better life. The tension between wife and aging husband—one desperate to leave, the other content to stay—builds into a high stakes family drama after her brother and the couple's neighbors escape. A co-production of American Documentary | POV and ITVS. A co-presentation with Latino Public Broadcasting.

Videos from this film

Voices of the Sea

Feature Film

A Cuban Love Story

Interview

Rural Cubans

Interview

Sacrifices of Economic Migrants

Interview

Voices of the Sea - Cubans Don't Hate Cuba

Feature Film

Trailer | Voices of the Sea

Trailer

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Film Credits —

Capella Fahoome
Margareta Szabo
Kim Hopkins

About the Film —

POV: ‘Voices of the Sea’ | Film Update

Critical Acclaim —

“It displays such a complexity of emotions because of the struggles of real people with no visible light at the end of the tunnel.”

— Sarah Przybyla, VOX Magazine