Synopsis
Testimonies of 8 women who confront the communist regime in Havana. Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello is an economist, independent journalist, twice political prisoner and prisoner of conscience, the only woman in the Cause of 75 (2003), where 75 human rights activists and independent journalists were imprisoned, also known as the Black Spring. from Cuba. Camila Acosta, a journalist for the independent media outlet Cubanet, is regularly threatened, evicted and repressed by State Security for defending freedom of expression. The Lady in White Xiomara Cruz Miranda, an outspoken opponent of the Havana regime and a former political prisoner, thanks to a humanitarian visa and the solidarity of exile, was able to take refuge in Miami, where she tries to recover her health after almost dying in a communist jail Claudia Genlui Hidalgo is an independent art curator. Because she is a member of the group called Movimiento San Isidro and the girlfriend of the artist Luis Manuel Alc\u00e1ntara, brought to summary trial for political reasons, she has been threatened and beaten by the Cuban police. The doctor in Comprehensive General Medicine, Nelva Ismarays Ortega, is the wife and mother of the youngest son of the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), Jos\u00e9 Daniel Ferrer, a prisoner of the Cuban regime. Omara Ru\u00edz Urquiola, a professor expelled for political reasons from the university, is a dissident and cancer patient who has been violated by the Cuban State. Marthadela Tamayo, an English Language graduate, a member of the Cuban Women's Network and the Citizen Committee for Racial Integration, is harassed by the Castro regime. The protagonists, who face the communist regime in Havana, narrate how Cuban women really live. Luz Escobar, a journalist with the independent media outlet 14ymedio, has been repressed by the political police for defending her freedom of expression and denouncing the violations of Caribbean communism. The protagonists, who face the communist regime in Havana, narrate how Cuban women really live.
