BBC古巴

  • 西蒙·里夫
  • 120分钟
  • AdventurerandjournalistSimonReeveheadstoCubatofind… AdventurerandjournalistSimonReeveheadstoCubatofindacommunistcountryinthemiddleofacapitalistrevolution.TwoyearsagoCubaannouncedthemostsweepingandradicaleconomicreformsthecountryhasseenindecades.Fromendingstaterationingtocuttingonemillionpublic-sectorjobs,oneofthelastcommunistbastionsintheworldhasbegunrollingbackthestateonanunprecedentedscale.SimonReevemeetsordinaryCubanswhoselivesarebeingtransformed,fromtheownersoffledglingbusinessestothenewlyrichestateagentssellingpropertiesworthupto750,000pounds. Inthishour-longdocumentaryfortheBBC'saward-winningThisWorldstrand,Simongetsundertheskinofacolourfulandvibrantcountryfamousforitshospitalityandhumourandasksifthisneweconomicopennesscouldleadtopoliticalliberalisationinatotalitariancountrywithapoorhumanrightsrecord.WillCubabeabletomaintainthepositiveaspectsofitslongisolationundersocialism-lowcrime,top-notcheducationandoneofthebesthealthsystemsintheworld-whileembracingwhatcertainlylookslikecapitalism?IsthisthelastchancetoseeCubabeforeitbecomesjustlikeanyothercountry?