Lazaro and the Shark: Cuba Under the Surface (movie)

Lazaro and the Shark: Cuba Under the Surface (movie)

  • User score: 2
  • Production country: Cuba, United States of America
  • Producer: William Sabourin O'Reilly
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 11/12/2022
  • Run time: 76 min.

Movie description

In Santiago de Cuba, rival conga bands scour the sparse marketplace for materials to create show-stopping numbers for the annual Carnival competition. O’Reilly’s film follows young, innovative Lázaro, who is determined to beat “the Shark,” his older and more establishment-favored competitor. Tensions build and tempers flare as the government restrictions and scarcity of present-day Cuba come to bear on one of the world’s poorest Carnivals.