In Havana

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What are your dreams and goals? Get inspired by this group of young people who face obstacles but remain determined to reach their goals.

Anthony (8), Carolina (11) and Camilo (9) live in Havana, in completely different environments. Anthony goes to church on Saturday, listens to stories about God, and makes religious drawings. His parents are unemployed. He plays soccer bare feet on his run down street.

Camilo is looking for a balloon fish at the Malecon. With his mom, he stays here and there. At his mom’s friend’s place, he has a cat and small turtles. He philosophizes about life outside the earth and life after death.

Carolina doesn’t think there is anything after you die. Her life seems fine with lots of friends, nice stuff to play with, and exciting times ahead: high school. She's hoping it won’t be too hard to make new friends, or a boyfriend.

Anthony would rather not talk about love; he is happy with his family in their little house.

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Haaster, Kim van (film producer)
Haaster, Kim van (film director)

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Music, Ian Post.

MARC Record See Worldcat record

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One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten...

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..11, 12, 13, 14, 15....30!

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I’m coming!

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Go!

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Pass in on to me!

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I am Carolina and I am 11 years old.
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I live in a suburb of Havana.

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When I grow up I want to be a marine biologist.

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My dad took me to an aquarium once where they work with dolphins,
turtles and sharks and stuff...

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...they explained all kinds of things about marine life.

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My name is Ian Camilo Rodriguez, I am 9 years old.

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I am from Cienfuegos I have been living in Havana
for three years now.

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We now live with a friend of ours.

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My own house is in another
province of Cuba.

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That is where my grandparents live, in the countryside.

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My name is Anthony I live at street 21,
in between the river and street 32.

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I go to school at Friendship Cuba-Mexico.

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I am 8 years old.

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On Wednesdays and Saturdays I have soccer training,
and on Tuesdays and Thursdays I have English language classes...--

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Saturday afternoon I have catechesis.

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My school is Patricio Lumumba, named after a hero from Congo.

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I believe the Spaniards killed him.

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I have a teacher who sometimes doesn’t show up,
she is a bit irresponsible.

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Or she doesn’t show up, or she leaves in the afternoon
and doesn’t finish her lessons.

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The school I want to be admitted to is Alejandro Carcia Caturla,
named after a famous Cuban pianist.

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It is a music school.

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I have to pass one more test to be admitted.

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I believe it is a female.

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I am in sixth grade, and I am going to high school.

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First I want to study and then I want a boyfriend.

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When I am finishing high school.

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My mother’s job is to clean, to cook, and to make food...

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...wash the flip-flops and clothes...

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....and my father’s job is...to feed the parrot...

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...feed the parrot and nothing else.

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...because he is watching TV all the time...

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...but not right now because the TV is broken.

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I love my house because I have a table to make my homework.

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...I have a bunkbed, I have a kitchen to cook in...

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...I have a bathroom where I can pee and wash myself...

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I have a chair to sit on, and I have toys to play with.

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Some people say that every time someone dies, a new star appears in the sky...

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...this is a little hard to understand.

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Sometimes I wonder if another planet like the
earth exists in another galaxy.

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...but I don’t think so.

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I think there are other planets,
like movies that say there is life on Mars.

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....that is very strange.

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Sometimes I wonder what is there outside of the earth.

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There are many pictures of aliens and such...

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...that is why I am curious if there is life outside planet earth.

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When I see my mother talking to my father I leave...

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...because I want nothing to do with that.

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You are pulling my hair mom!

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When you feel angry you feel a pressure in your body.

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Papa is the vice-president of the writers union in Cienfuegos.

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And do you ever see him?
- No, because I hardly ever go to Cienfuegos.

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And do you speak to him on the phone?
-No, hardly ever...

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Do you miss him?
-Yes.

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How does that feel?

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Sad...

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As if you are really tired...
it is almost the same as feeling sad.

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No my mother is lying!

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You are lying mom.

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The letter?
- You are lying, I never sent a letter to anyone.

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No, I am not in love with anyone. My mother is lying.

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I rather have a girlfriend than a boyfriend.

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When you are best friends you can share
your secrets and feelings...

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...and I don’t know if you can do that with with your boyfriend,
maybe because I never had one.

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...maybe I will when I am fourteen.

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I wanted a little brother and when I saw him for the first time
I was very happy.

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But we don’t get along so well!

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He bites me and pulls my hair.

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Yesterday he bit me in the back, ask my mom!

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I have to help my friends,
when they are in trouble or when they fall.

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I don’t believe in anything, you die and that’s it.

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There are people who say when you die you come back
being someone else.

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Because it is a story people told me,
I am not sure if it is the truth or a lie.

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Shall we connect at Sabya?

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Let's go to Sabya, let me help you.

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You create a profile on Sabya...

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...Then you send me a message and we an call.
- Wow!

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Ok, no we are all connected.

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Do you want me to pass on a game to you? Which one?

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This one.
- Click on it.

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I want this one, with the Minions.

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The church people do activities with us on Saturdays and Sundays.

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We draw and talk about God...

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If we believe in God? I do.

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Or you go to heaven or you return as something else...

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...a tree, or an animal, or another person.

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Life is hard. I’d rather just die...

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...instead of reincarnating into something else.

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For example, when I return as a tree, I burn,
I dehydrate or they cut me down.

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When I return as an animal they either kill me, or I die normally
or...I don’t know...

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...I keep on living and keep on being bored.

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To feel better...you either forget...

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...or if you prefer to be sad, like in that movie...

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...in which the main character says:
“ oooohhh everything is going to fail.”

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And if you want to feel happy,
you just forget your sadness and that’s it!

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I am ready mom.

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I don’t feel like going to high school,
I am happy at elementary school.

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I don’t have any plans for high school.
It is strange to be going to a new school...

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...with new friends, but maybe also with old acquaintances.

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And that would be nicer...

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...because maybe it is uncomfortable...

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...having to make new friends.

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...but I don’t have a plan.

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You are ready.
- Ready.