Cubans joke that the revolution has had three great successes: education,
health care, and social equality; and three failures: breakfast,
lunch, and dinner. Cuba’s Secret Side uncovers the truth behind the revolution
by sharing in the day-to-day lives of ordinary Cubans—accompanying
a small-town doctor on house calls and investigating food distribution
and housing. The films traces the post-revolution economic
history of Cuba through the fall of the Soviet Union and subsequent
Special Period, the thriving black market, recent legalization of private
businesses, introduction of a second currency, and gradual opening to
foreign tourism.
