2020-2021
Caguayrán

SYNOPSIS

Tucked away in a corner of a public building in Guantánamo, at the easternmost point of Cuba, one of the three extant fragments of an unusual caguayrán wood sculpture representing Fidel Castro is hidden. At first glance, it seems to have been an imposing work. How did this fragment get here? Why has it been severed and hidden? The caguayrán is a Cuban tree typical of this region, one of many national emblems since it became just another name to refer to Fidel Castro. The tree is known as the indestructible hatchet-breaker because of its “incorruptibility and extraordinary hardness.”

DIRECTOR´S BIO

Anderlay Guerra Blanco

Anderlay Guerra Blanco is an audiovisual producer and independent journalist. Professional Training: Audiovisual School of the Department of Latin America of People in Need, (Prague 2014 and 2015) (San José 2018), Journalism at Florida International University (2010-2013).

He has participated in the production of: La Frontera de la Muerte (documentary), Las Prisiones de Cuba, secuencia del terror (documentary), El Amor vence al miedo (documentary), Salvemos el rio Guaso (documentary), Mudanza (dance video), Sueño de un rio (videoclips), Mácula (dance video trailer), Dame Amor (video clips), Guantánamo (videoclips), Concierto al río Guaso (video clips).

He has also published hundreds of reports and audiovisual shorts in television media such as Radio and Television Martí, among other television channels in South Florida; as well as in the digital media outlets Cubanet and Diario de Cuba. He is a founding member of the Palenque Vision Independent Agency (2011), where he received the David Burke Award from the OBG of the United States. Creator of the Independent Audiovisual medium Huellas de Cuba (2017). Creator of the Independent Audiovisual Production Company Alabao Pro (2020)