Cuba's Forgotten Jewels

Trailer

Subtitulado en Español 

“I was completely mesmerized by the Trailer — engaging snippets of the making of the story of perhaps the most extraordinary journey in modern Jewish history.  One that is at once very sad and uplifting, and full of hopeful warmth.  Sad, because of the extremely painful circumstances and events of that time and the reminder of how human history has many a times displayed unimaginable violence.  Yet the narrative is uplifting and inspirational in the remarkable strength of Jewish people who came to Cuba as refugees during WWII; their grit and fortitude in creating a space for meaningful lives beyond and above the exceptional hardships of the time.  And it is a warm, hopeful story as it chronicles the exemplary Jewish lives that evolved in the accommodating space in Cuba, or the  “Haven in Havana,” of those days.
The remarkable human spirit this story depicts is indeed the true Jewel of human history!”

-Raj M.
Boulder, Colorado

Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels: A Haven in Havana

Directed by Robin Truesdale and Judy Kreith
Boulder, Colorado USA

“Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels” was born of the tales that Marion Kreith told her daughter, co-director Judy Kreith, over the years. Marion escaped war torn Europe as a young girl with her family, evading Nazi capture and crossing the Atlantic to a tropical paradise. In this film, her story mingles with the personal accounts of other refugees who recall their escape to Havana and the challenges they face in an exotic and unfamiliar land. With a stunning musical score of Jewish melodies and the pulsating music of Havana, the film merges the realities of two vastly different yet intermingled cultures, bringing this colorful and uplifting piece of history to light.

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