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Huge Turnout in San Francisco Learns about the Reasons for the Cuban 5
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Photo Jazmin Morales
When the *Brava Theater* opened its doors at 6pm on Saturday April 16th,
there was a long line of people waiting to purchase their tickets to watch
the new documentary by Saul Landau. The theater, situated in the heart of
the Mission district, has a capacity of exactly 356 seats and each single
one of them was taken. The premiere of the documentary *"Will the Real
Terrorist Please Stand Up!"* brought people from all over the San Francisco
Bay Area. [image: Line Brava]
Photo Jorge Lopez
Coincidently, the screening took place on the 50th anniversary of the
invasion of Bay of Pigs when the CIA sent a force of Cuban exiles to
over-throw the Cuban Government. The invasion was defeated, but 50 years
later this new documentary shows that US-backed violence against Cuba has
continued unabated for decades. The film includes interviews with infamous
anti-Cuban exiles such as Luis Posada-Carriles and Orlando Bosch, as well as
recently filmed cameos of Fidel Castro and Danny Glover. It also features
fascinating archival footage of Cuba and a rare recorded interview from
prison with Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban
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These men are serving long sentences in US prisons for trying to stop
terrorism against tourist sites in their country.
Thousands of postcards and flyers were distributed at local activities in
the weeks before the event, and a local radio station played a public
service announcement with information about the event. In addition, the
message was circulated through a number of web pages, distribution lists and
social networks. Even before the event, many around the Bay Area learned
about the documentary through interviews on a number of radio stations and a
local paper. For the first time ever, the Univision local TV station did an
interview about the film and advertised the event. El Tecolote, a local
newspaper did an
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Photo: Jorge Lopez
The program started with music from the Cuban
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style is a mixture of tradition and revolt music. The half hour of
entertainment by this powerful band was enthusiastically received by the
theater crowd. One of the songs, *"El Danzón de Noventa Millas"* was
written by the director of the group, Jorge Navarro, specifically for the
documentary, "Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up!"
Alicia Jrapko, from the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban
5, welcomed the audience and thanked *Saul Landau* for his great
contribution with the making of this documentary. She said, "For all of us
involved in the struggle to free the Cuban 5, the documentary will be an
important tool to explain the reasons why these five men came to the United
States."
Amongst the people in the audience were *Gayle McLaughlin*, the Mayor of
Richmond who has been very supportive of the case, *John Burton*, chairman
of the California Democratic Party, *Tony Gonzalez*, Director of the
American Indian Movement West, and *Dr James Cockcroft*, historian and
author. Some of the radio hosts who previewed the documentary and were
outraged to learn about the continued US acts of aggressions against Cuba
were also in attendance.
[image: Danny Best]
Photo: Jazmin Morales
After an hour and twenty minutes of this riveting film, the lights came on
and *Danny Glover*, the beloved actor and activist, took the stage to
resounding applause. He gave an inspiring and philosophical speech about how
the empire is destroying the planet and is on the verge of collapsing. A
particularly moving moment of his talk was when he mentioned that he had the
honor to visit Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban 5, with Saul Landau on
three occasions. He described Gerardo as an example of what it is to be
human in the highest sense of that word. After Glover, *Saul
Landau*responded to a number of questions from the audience. People
were made aware
that just a few days ago, Luis Posada-Carriles, a man responsible for a
series of terrorist actions against Cuba, was recently acquitted by a jury
in El Paso, Texas. [image: Saul Landau Stage]
Photo: Jazmin Morales
Responding to one of the questions from the audience, Landau mentioned the
hypocrisy of the US war on terror*:..."the terrorists are free while the
anti-terrorists are locked up".* The event ended with an informal reception,
where people had a chance to visit the literature tables and sign up to
receive updated information about the Cuban 5.
Between the radio interviews, the publicity, and the event itself, a great
number of people in the San Francisco Bay Area were able to hear, watch and
learn the reasons why the Cuban 5 had to leave behind their homeland and
their families to protect their country against terrorism. [image:
Sign]
Photo: Jorge Lopez
[image: Inside Brava]
Photo: Jazmin Morales
*The event was organized by the International Committee for the Freedom of
the Cuban 5. *
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