For decade upon decade, many Cuban exiles have prayed for the downfall of the island’s communist government, established in the 1959 coup led by “comandante” Fidel Castro. Remarkably, among the foremost critics of Cuba’s single-party despotic rule is one of Castro’s own daughters, Alina Fernández Revuelta.
Fernández Revuelta escaped Cuba in 1993 with the aid of a disguise and forged identity papers. Ever since, she has been a strong advocate for the kind of liberties denied Cuban citizens under the reign of her father and his successors. The documentary Revolution’s Daughter, which held its world premiere Friday night at the Miami Film Festival, explores the experience of Fernández Revuelta and other emigres who left Cuba behind physically but not emotionally.
“We’ve been a bizarre experiment,” Fernández Revuelta said of Cuba during a Q&A after the premiere. “We’ve been undergoing 67 years of ‘building the revolution,’ which is absurd…
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