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The main people featured in the movie are the photographer Raúl Cañibano, the photography professor Ron Herman and the Director Mary Skinner. The film is talking about the Cuba photographer Raúl Cañibano's photos taken in Cuba. In the movie, it shows us a large amount of photos taken by Raúl Cañibano. The film is 28 minutes in total. It talks about the background of the photos, which are the everyday life of the Cubans. The photographer go back to the cities that he lived when he was young and take photos that record the life of the Cubans. It shows a lot of photos that Raul takes in he film. In the movie, Ron also introduces some of the his favorite photos. He introduces the special characteristics of his favourite photo. It also shows some …show more content…
It shows the daily life of the Cubans. For instance, there are photos show that people are dancing and catching crocodiles. The photo that shocked me the most is that there are a old woman and a young kid sleeping on the same bed. They are sleeping in different position. The young boy is lying on the bed with a mask and a gun on his hand. The old woman is very skinny and looks desperate when she is on the bed. The two people in the photo are so contradictory. They're very different in many perspectives. When I look at the photo, I first think that the picture is sad since the woman is so old and her face have no facial expression. She has negative emotion in the photo. Yet, I find the photo quite humorous when I look at the little boy. The outlook of the book is so funny and it amuses me. This contradiction of the photo really catch my attention. I think the whole movie is quite meaningful and it introduces me to those special and spectacular photos about Cuba. The movie and the photos make me know much more about the life of Cuba. It let me know more about this mysterious country. I find those photos quite meaningful and interesting since the daily life of the Cubans are actually quite interesting. Their life is completely different with mine. For example, their outlook and habits are different with mine. Therefore, I think the work is

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