PREMIERE:
Adrian Baschuk’s “Cuba: Waiting for a Revolution” premiered tonight at 10/9c on Current TV. Baschuk, a Vanguard correspondent, reportedly visited Cuba to see “how hard life really is there and investigate whether or not there exists any possibility of regime change.” The thesis: frustration with persistent difficulty and worsening economic prospects in Cuba might just incite a counterrevolution driven by youth.
I do not think the probability of a new revolution in Cuba is very high at all, but I was looking forward to seeing what they would present. Ultimately, I think they were forcing the point. They chose a hypothesis before leaving for Havana and incorporated all evidence into their already established schema, instead of reflecting objectively on the situation on the island as they took it all in.
Still, the piece covers a lot of bases, shows really excellent (not to mention rare) footage, and includes a number of impressive and insightful interviews. It’s worth the 20 minutes it takes to watch, below:
