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Nanfu:
At first, I was surprised that Rosa didn't advocate
lifting the embargo. It seemed like a simple way of improving
the quality of life for ordinary Cubans. It was only through
our off-camera conversations that I learned Rosa's
real opinion about the embargo. She worried that lifting
the embargo would benefit
the Cuban government more than its people. (speaking Spanish) Nanfu: In interviews,
whenever she was asked about the embargo,
she would deflect, arguing that the embargo
was a distraction from the real problem,
the Cuban government. The Cuban people
is not demanding the end of the embargo
in the streets
At first, I was surprised that Rosa didn't advocate
lifting the embargo. It seemed like a simple way of improving
the quality of life for ordinary Cubans. It was only through
our off-camera conversations that I learned Rosa's
real opinion about the embargo. She worried that lifting
the embargo would benefit
the Cuban government more than its people. (speaking Spanish) Nanfu: In interviews,
whenever she was asked about the embargo,
she would deflect, arguing that the embargo
was a distraction from the real problem,
the Cuban government. The Cuban people
is not demanding the end of the embargo
in the streets
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Nanfu:
At first, I was surprised
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that Rosa didn't advocate
lifting the embargo.
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It seemed like a simple way
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of improving
the quality of life
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for ordinary Cubans.
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It was only through
our off-camera conversations
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that I learned Rosa's
real opinion about the embargo.
00:00:17.725 --> 00:00:20.185
She worried that lifting
the embargo
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would benefit
the Cuban government
00:00:21.098 --> 00:00:23.073
more than its people.
00:00:23.731 --> 00:00:24.857
(speaking Spanish)
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Nanfu: In interviews,
whenever she was asked
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about the embargo,
she would deflect,
00:00:29.032 --> 00:00:31.738
arguing that the embargo
was a distraction
00:00:31.739 --> 00:00:34.575
from the real problem,
the Cuban government.
00:00:34.576 --> 00:00:36.577
The Cuban people
is not demanding
00:00:36.578 --> 00:00:38.579
the end of the embargo
in the streets.
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Movie Summary
For seven years, award-winning Chinese-American filmmaker Nanfu Wang followed Rosa Maria Paya, daughter of the five time Nobel Peace Prize nominated activist, Oswaldo Paya, in Rosa's fight for democracy.
