The Cuban 5 Return: An Entire Country Celebrates
"The Cuban 5 Return: An Entire Country Celebrates" is a unique photographic exhibit that documents what happened when five Cuban men — unjustly jailed in American prisons for up to 16 years — were finally returned to their homeland last December 17. This exhibit is a compilation of 53 images that capture not only the joy of the Cuban people as they greet their returning heroes but also the deeply personal moments as the Five reconnect with their own families.
The exhibit features the images of seven of Cuba's finest photographers — Ladyrene Perez, Roberto Chile, Abel Rojas Barallobre, Ismael Francisco, Roberto Suarez, Hector Planes and Julio Alvite — as well as the photos of American social documentary photographer Bill Hackwell, who also curated the exhibit.
"The Cuban 5 Return: An Entire Country Celebrates" had its premier in April at the Memorial of Jose Marti in the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana. The first viewing of the exhibit in the U.S. was in Washington DC in September at the University of the District of Columbia Law School, it has since travelled to Ashland Oregon and Seattle Washington.
Join the reception on Friday, April 8 (5-8 PM)
