HAVANA, July 5 (Manuel David Orrio, CPI) - "Thirteen Days," the
Kevin Costner film about the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, can now be rented at
the private -and illegal- video rental "banks" operated clandestinely
here. The copies available even have subtitles in Spanish.
Costner himself was in Havana about two months ago for a series of private
showings, one of which was attended by Fidel Castro himself. The film presumably
tells the American side of the conflict.
Dissidents who were able to see the film said at the time that it would be a
challenge for the government to allow the film to be freely shown. So far, it
has not opened in any theater.
Yet, operators of the video "banks" say the film is popular with
the customers, even though it has only been available for a short while and,
obviously, cannot be advertised except by word of mouth.
A group of dissidents is planning to show the film in the near future,
followed by a debate among the audience.
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