Beautiful Me(s): Finding Our Revolutionary Selves

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Professor Robin J. Hayes of the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy is a scholar and a filmmaker at the same time. She screens and examines her narrative film, Beautiful Me(s): Finding Our Revolutionary Selves in Black Cuba, which investigates how African Americans and Afro-Cubans can gain from each other about building local area, fashioning alliances, and reacting to racism.[1]

Plot

For a week, the group of nine, armed with video-cameras, left the predominantly White confines of New Haven, Ct., for the island nation that is 62% Black and Mulatto. The film blends meetings of the understudies in with whatever Cuba film the non-proficient videographers could rescue. It's more about the gathering's response to Cuba than Cuba itself. [2]

Messages

Behind a cultural curtain created by political clash, the understudies find that Cuban individuals feel a nearby liking with Africans and African Americans, and are profoundly dedicated to ending racial injustice.[3]

During an interview with Robin J. Hayes, narrative movie producer and researcher at the New School, she explains that "this documentary discusses some of the issues that arise from racial and economic inequality, such as the racial achievement gap in education, violence and disparities in health care access. My hope is that viewers will decide for themselves what changes they would like to see in their communities and support organisations on the ground that are already working towards them."[4]

References

  1. Robin J. Hayes on Finding Our Revolutionary Selves in Black and Cuba. Thought Gallery. Retrieved January 17 2021.
  2. Branch-Brioso, Karen. Film Documents Different View of Black Life in Cuba. Diverse. 29 January 2009. Retrieved January 17 2021.
  3. From the Ivy League to a Rebel State. Beautiful Me(s). Retrieved January 17 2021.
  4. Hanser, Rebecca. Q&A: In “Black and Cuba”, A New Approach to Discussing Race. Inter Press Service News Agency. Retrieved January 17 2021.