Entre Cuadras questions the way skateboarding disrupts public order in Cuba by revealing the true face of Havana. In banning the practice, the government inadvertently strengthens the unity and resilience of the island’s skaters.
They spend their days navigating the contrasting streets of Havana, dreaming of a freer life; skateboarding becomes a means of escape from the hardships of everyday existence. These youth yearn for openness to the world, and for emancipation from a system rooted in control.
And so, as they await their lucky break—the one that might lead them to discover the world—they fully embrace life: through drugs, parties, graffiti, and all other forms of rebellion. They engage with everything forbidden, for even skateboarding is repressed. It is, in fact, impossible to find a skate shop on the island — only donations from foreign skaters provide them with the gear they need to express themselves.
To them, Havana is the capital of an island with no escape. At first glance, it appears beautiful—surrounded by turquoise waters, adorned with colonial architecture, alive with unrestrained dancers, charming smiles, and 1950s American cars. But beneath this alluring surface lies a deep complexity. Cuba bears an immense historical and cultural legacy, which, in the background, reveals profound disquiet: the suffering of a population gripped by poverty, the feeling of being profoundly trapped on the island, and the struggle of a people developing under the weight of imposed individualism.
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