Though the film also includes some rare newsreel footage, mostly of the early days of the Castro revolution, much of it is devoted to these witnesses' accounts.

During the Castro revolution in 1964, 100 modern houses were built.

She had embodied the feelings of a turbulent era between Cuban independence and the Castro revolution.

Today, many experts say that any successor loyal to the Castro revolution may have to chip away at his legacy in order to save it.

Then came the Castro revolution, which, seeing the industry as a source of corruption, exploitation and debasement, all but phased it out.

I'm Cuban, and my childhood was the Castro revolution.

Both cities had Cuban communities before the Castro revolution, but Union City's has always been more rural and working class in origin.

Juan Lafuente grew up in Cienfuegos, Cuba, and fled just before the Castro revolution, his wife said.

Villa Marista was originally a Catholic school for boys prior to the Castro revolution.

Robert Redford is a gambler in love in "Havana," set just before the Castro revolution.