This conversation took place in April at Jorge Perugorría’s house in the town of Gibara on the eastern coast of Cuba. It was filmed during the Gibara International Film Festival of 2017 by the American artist and filmmaker Willard Morgan.
Jorge Perugorría is Cuba’s greatest actor, a film director, an artist and president of the Gibara International Film Festival. He also owns an art gallery in Old Havana. Today, it is Perugorría’s mission and ambition to continue with the vision of Humberto Solás, the Cuban film director and original founder of the Festival.
This interview is archived and no longer available on Cuba Business Report. You can find this interview in an upcoming book, The Cuba Interviews.
T.K. Hernández is co-founder and editor at Cuba Business Report. Her work has been published in various online news media publications. She has supported fundraising for Cuba’s last two hurricane disaster relief campaigns and is a member of the Cuban Friendship Association. She is also a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, and ACES International alliance of editors. Ms. Hernández is the author of three books, most recently, “The Cuba Interviews: Conversations on Foreign Investment and Economic Development,” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).
