Saturday, July 26, 2025

VENTANITAS -- STORIES ABOUT AND FROM LITTLE HAVANA

I WILL BE FEATURED IN THIS DOCUMENTARY PREMIERING THIS FALL


I can't wait for the fall premiere of Ventanitas -- Stories About and from Little by award-winning Miami documentarian Joe Cardona. 

I will appear on camara as a 20+ year LH resident, storyteller, activist & aplatanado.

Ventanitas are the windows where you buy Cuban coffee. 

But they are much more than a place to sip cafe Cubano con mucho azucar. 

There used to be dozens of ventanitas on Calle Ocho -- but the commercial success of a main street with upwards of four million visitors has reduced their numbers.

I’ve admired Joe’s work for years and it was a pleasure to show off my 100-year-old Shenandoah home (purchased from Santeros) and walk around my adopted hometown for half a day.

I told my stories from the heart.

Hopefully, I will come off as a protagonist when the film debuts in Little Havana.

Joe Cardona was honored with a National Emmy for his 2014 historic documentary “The day it snowed in Miami”, a film that he wrote, produced and directed for PBS national network.

He has made dozens of films covering culture, politics and the essence of 21st century Miami.



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