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			Cuba, an African Odyssey

Produced by:
Jihan El Tahri
Tancrede Ramonet

Directed by:
Jihan El Tahri

From Che Guevara’s military campaign to avenge Lumumba in the Congo up to the fall of apartheid in South Africa, 300,000 Cubans fought alongside African revolutionaries. Cuba, an African Odyssey is the previously untold story of Cuba’s support for African revolutions, one of the Cold War’s most vigorous contests over resources and ideology.

Co-production of Temps Noir and ITVS International

Premiere: Sundance Channel, September 1, 2008 at 9 PM

"Jihan el Tahri directs this comprehensive documentary on Che Guevara's roie in Africa's revolutions of the 1960s and '70s. CIA and Soviet insiders are interviewed, along with frontliners."

- Chicago Sun-Times


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	Selection, Banff International Television Festival [2007]
	Best Director, Pan Africa International [2007]
	Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color, African Diaspora Film Festival [2007]
	Best Documentary, Pan African Film Festival [2009]

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